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Colombia's February unemployment rate drops to 9.2%
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Dane reported Colombia's February 2026 unemployment rate at 9.2%, the lowest for any February since 2001, with 2.45 million unemployed people. Occupied population rose to 24.09 million, up 624,000 from February 2025. President Gustavo Petro and Labor Minister Antonio Sanguino hailed the figures and defended the minimum wage increase.
Un nuovo sondaggio rivela che i lavoratori brasiliani dedicano in media 40.1 ore settimanali al lavoro retribuito, al di sotto della media globale di 42.7 ore. L’analisi, basata su dati di 160 paesi, posiziona il Brasile in posizioni basse nelle classifiche aggiustate per produttività, demografia e tasse. Le donne brasiliane, in particolare, si avvicinano allo standard mondiale, soprattutto le più giovani.
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The Council of State provisionally suspended the decree setting a 23.7% minimum wage increase for 2026, but the government and labor representatives seek to maintain it. President Gustavo Petro called for a national mobilization on February 19 to defend the vital wage. Fenalco warned of risks to over 700,000 formal jobs.
Amid debates between workers, employers, and the government over the 2026 minimum wage adjustment, Neivans share their views. Proposals range from 16% by unions to 7.21% by business groups, as the labor minister seeks consensus to curb inflationary effects.