The USO said that the 12,000 striking workers at the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) are being repressed through strong arm tactics at the hands of the police SWAT force Esmad.
Colombia’s National Learning Institute (SENA) has made a public call for bids to build a new training center that will specialize in hydrocarbons in Puerto Gaitan.
A meeting to discuss repairs to the Paz de Ariporo – Hermoso highway brought together the Paz de Ariporo mayor, the Casanare Department governor Marco Tulio Ruiz and community leaders, but reps from oil companies did not show up despite the community’s invitation.
An association of around 600 fishermen says that offshore exploration near the city of Cartagena is advancing without their input or consultation.
The USO says that a mass strike of workers at the expansion of the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) has been in effect for 8 days now. According to the union, 12,000 workers are now demanding greater hiring of local and national laborers, and that salaries and work conditions are the same as foreign workers on the site.
From Catatumbo to Cartagena, coffee growers to coal miners, a recent wave of protests and now strikes have plagued President Juan Manuel Santos administration at a tender moment.
Ecopetrol will hold environmental workshops with communities that fall in the area of influence of the ODISEA 3D seismic exploration project and the company insists that there are no environmental consequences as a result of the exploration.
Pacific Rubiales has come across the remains of an indigenous group that date back 700 years in what now is an exploratory block.
A delegation of Canadian union leaders made a visit this week to a popular tribunal and public hearing held by the USO in Puerto Gaitan and promised legal action under provisions in the Colombian-Canadian Free Trade Agreement.
Ecopetrol released purchasing figures which show that just over 90% of its purchasing for goods and services in the first half of 2013 (January –June 2013) were with Colombian companies. Moreover, its hiring of local suppliers grew 46% compared to the previous year, according to information from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas).
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