BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday signed a decree to hold a referendum on labor reforms, an attempt to force the Senate to vote on a proposal on the matter ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro intends to call a national referendum by executive decree to revive parts of his agenda -- particularly a labor reform bill recently rejected by the Senate. Photo by ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s government Tuesday published the contents of a proposed referendum on reform of the nation’s labor laws, that seeks to give employees greater access to health benefits ...

Colombia's government Thursday urged the courts to authorize a referendum it hopes will seal a peace deal to end a half-century conflict with leftist rebels. The European Union's top foreign relations ...

Colombia’s interior minister said that a referendum might be necessary to force Congress into approving a desperately needed healthcare reform. In an interview with Caracol Radio, Interior Minister ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday pressed on with his struggling plan to overhaul the country’s labor laws, sending Congress a referendum proposal whose questions ...

Colombia's government is planning to sign a new peace deal with FARC rebels on Thursday after the public rejected a previous deal in October. The revised proposal will not be put to a popular vote but ...

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo today, in recognition of his four-year effort to guide peace negotiations with Colombia’s largest rebel group, the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday pressed on with his struggling plan to overhaul the country’s labor laws, sending Congress a referendum proposal whose questions for ...