‘The minimum wage does drive economic growth. With enslaved workers, a country’s economy does not grow,’ he stated. On Tuesday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro decreed a 9.54 percent increase in the country’s minimum wage. Starting January 1, the minimum wage will rise from 1,300,000 to to 1,423,500 Colombian pesos, that is, from US$294 to US$322. […]