Colombia's Highest Court Blocks Petro's Economic Emergency Declaration Amid US Influence

The Colombian Supreme Court has blocked President Gustavo Petro's historic declaration of an economic emergency, which would have given minimum wage workers their first-ever pay raises of up to COP $2,000,000.

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