Protests which started in the city of Tibú, in the Norte de Santander department have turned increasing violent as local mayors are calling on the national government for help. According to reports in the local press, a fundamental cause of the protests is the eradication of coca crops without an alternative crop or subsidies to compensate affected families.
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday called on the Farc to keep their word and stick to the agreed agenda in the peace negotiations in Havana, discarding any notion that he would negotiate on the new terms.
Counts were down slightly to 29 below recent and long-term averages. This was a normal week for non-armed forces reported i.e. guerrilla-initiated incidents. Our 4-week Moving Average incident count was down to 32.3 incidents but the 52 week average was up slightly again to 39.1 incidents per week.
In the absence of an agreement between mining firms Drummond and Cerrejón over methane gas and coal reserves in La Guajira, the government has said it will step in and impose a decision to break the ongoing deadlock over how to extract the resources which share the same block.
Colombia’s minister of mines and energy Federico Renjifo told a renewable energy forum that the government is willing and needs to develop mechanisms to spur a greater use of clean and renewable energies in its energy grid.
Every quarter Ecopetrol helpfully publishes the distribution of its crude oil exports. Other producers would have different profiles but considering the NOC’s size both in terms of production and commercialization, this is a good indicator of the country as a whole.
The Bicentennial Pipeline unveiled a community center for events and meetings in a village of Nunchia which it says will benefit more than 350 people in the community and is one of seven the company is delivering for community use.
This week marked the second week since peace talks resumed on June 11, with the Farc attempting to expand the reach of an agreement on social participation by publishing a number of demands that it says are minimal for any final agreement to be reached.
Using methane gas derived from the treating of waste water from a palm oil refiner, the company CI Tequedama is able to create clean energy for its own use and sell the overage to the national energy network.
Seismic tests to explore the eastern foothills of Casanare are allegedly affecting the water supply in rivers and streams and could impact local communities, says an environmental NGO.
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