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The union said that protests have been taking place in the departments of Sucre and Cesar to reject the alleged breach of agreements by companies like Canacol, Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) and Cenit.

Corruption cases in Colombia are unfortunately common and there is a new one emerging. The Colombian Attorney General’s office conducted an investigation against Cúcuta former judges, whose decisions affected Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC).

Local authorities spoke about the city’s progress towards becoming an important offshore operation center in the Caribbean region.

The National Hydrocarbons Association (ANH) hosted the “Dialogue for Building a Vision for Territorial Development” roundtable in Yopal (Casanare), where industry and community members were able to discuss social and industry related issues.

Experts in the energy industry said that with such a drastic cut in the industry’s budget; about 10 million users could lose their access to energy service.

The country is facing times of high legal uncertainty because of the boom in popular consultations against the oil and mining sectors. Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance, talked about this situation and consequences of these actions.

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) announced an increase in fuel prices. The Federation of Freight Transport Businessmen (Fedetranscarga) spoke about the high cost of fuels in Colombia.

Equion, Occidental de Colombia (Oxy) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) announced the successful development of CSR projects in the departments of Casanare, Arauca and Huila. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.

An initiative to improve the direct allocation of royalties to oil producing regions was filed by Congressman Jorge Camilo Abril, and Collegiate Bodies for Administration and Decision (OCAD) in Magdalena and Bogotá announced the development of new projects. These and other stories in our Royalties periodic summary.

Colombian regions continue to block the development of the mining industry; this time it is Ibagué, Capital of the department of Tolima. Camilo Delgado, a member of the Liberal Party, spoke about this decision.