A constitutional reform stalls in the Senate, while the number of critics of the royalty system in Colombia’s congress grows, with a number of lawmakers taking a harsher tone against the national government. These and other royalty related stories in our periodic summary.
The Labor Ministry (MinTrabajo) has published a resolution that defines the list of municipalities where special requirements for local hiring will be implemented through a decree published in October.
Finding skilled laborers with advanced studies in areas that benefit the mining and energy sector remains a challenge, despite improvements at the university level in specialized degree programs, says a press report.
Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) dragging of its feet on the modernization of the Barrancabermeja Refinery has put not just the city’s economy on hold, but stunted development in the region, says the thesis of a Spanish researcher.
The USO said that they made visits to the Rubiales and Caño Sur fields and have found “possible” evidence of a “crude cartel” that the uinon claims is selling contraband crude that goes unreported to authorities.
Over the last weekend delegates from 21 municipalities in the southeastern section of Tolima met to discuss the impact of seismic exploration and production activities in the area, which the communities say are causing “irreversible environmental” impacts.
Parex has encountered press resistance to its “Rumba” exploration project in Llanos 26, while NGO’s have nearly received their goal of on-line signatures for a petition to support anti-fracking measures, and an armadillo conservation program shows results. These and other environmental stories in our routine summary.
Supporters of prior consultation processes held a debate in Colombia’s senate, questioning why ministers and the President Juan Manuel Santos himself have “demonized” the process as being solely a way for communities to take advantage of projects taking place near their borders.
The USO has jumped on board with a theory that the government is working behind the scenes to create a scenario that would favor the sale of Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) to private individuals and companies and ruin local economies.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) gave a summary of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects in Arauca and Casanare, while Amerisur participated in a program that converted families growing coca to pepper crops after 24 years of illicit farming. These and other stories in our regular round up of CSR related stories.
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