Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
Colombia’s March 2026 inflation reading came in at 5.56%, marking the second consecutive monthly increase since February, but the energy components of the basket told a contrasting story of deceleration rather than acceleration.
Ecopetrol’s acting president Juan Carlos Hurtado signaled in a press conference that the company is actively reviewing whether to revise its investment plan upward in response to the sharp rise in international crude prices triggered by the US-Israel conflict with Iran.
The ANH published gas production for January and February 2026 and the story has worsened yet again.
In his first press conference as acting president of Ecopetrol, Juan Carlos Hurtado Parra set a deliberately operational tone, laying out eight strategic priorities for the company while distancing himself from the political turbulence that preceded his appointment.
Presidential candidate Iván Cepeda, running on a platform broadly aligned with the Petro government’s ideology, used a campaign rally to outline his energy policy intentions for Ecopetrol, firmly rejecting any dilution of the state’s controlling stake in the company.
The governance fallout from Ricardo Roa’s leave of absence from Ecopetrol’s presidency has taken a new turn, with a minority shareholder of ISA filing a formal petition questioning whether his temporary removal from the helm of the parent company also affects his roles on the boards of subsidiaries ISA and Hocol.
A couple of weeks ago we reported President Gustavo Petro’s declaration that Colombia would withdraw from the international investment arbitration system, leaving only local courts to settle contract disputes. We wanted to go a bit deeper into this.
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