Social rights

Opposition to the vital wage in Colombia comes from the political right and economic orthodoxy, who view it as a market price and production cost, prioritizing profitability over workers' dignity. This approach ignores workers' basic life needs, treating them as market externalities. Recently, a decree benefited 98,000 soldiers and 8,000 resident doctors, but faces lawsuits to overturn it.

December 21, 2025 Iniulat ng AI

Following their eviction from Badalona's B9 institute and prior shelter under the C-31 highway, sub-Saharan migrants have occupied the closed Can Bofí Vell municipal shelter. Meanwhile, locals blocked housing for 15 others in a parish, heightening the crisis as Mayor Xavier García Albiol faces backlash.