Colombia’s government has suffered a major setback in congress, after a slim senate majority rejected a referendum aimed at improving labour conditions.
With 49 votes against and 47 in favor, lawmakers shut down President Gustavo Petro’s push, to take his sweeping labor reform to the public.
Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota, Colombia.
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