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.
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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.
December 15, 2025 05:08