The USO said that it has received more death threats last week directed towards union leaders in the Magdalena Medio region in a letter it says is signed by the Paramilitary group Los Rastrojos.
Ecopetrol and community leaders of municipalities surrounding the Cupiagua oil field have signed an agreement establishing the oil producer’s commitments with the local community.
Blockades have become the number one security issue for many companies, ahead of attacks by the Farc or ELN. Although blocking roads is illegal, the government is uncomfortable sending troops against private citizens apparently exercising their democratic rights. Worse for the companies, many of the issues being protested apparently have nothing to do with them.
The USO said last week their leadership made a trip to Canada in order to make ties with Canadian organizations and law makers that can assist the union organize against the Canadian firm Pacific Rubiales. The organization said it met with members of Canada’s Green Party and New Democratic Party, as well as with union delegates of the ACEP.
There is still no community-Ecopetrol agreement over the Cupiagua oil field, where 14 villages within the influence of the drilling are at loggerheads with the company over the distribution of local hiring percentages for the project and the management of investment funds.
The Bicentenary Pipeline says it has not only delivered on obligations to improve and maintain roads used for the project’s construction, it went on to improve rural roads of communities affected by the pipeline’s installation that were not required by law.
Criticism stemming from a press report last week that Oleoductos de los Llanos Orientales (ODL) had allegedly sought to advance the Araguaney Carmentea pipeline project behind closed doors and without community participation prompted the company to respond to Prensa Libre Casanare.
The Center for Analysis and Public Affairs (CAAP) has presented its first ranking of how well departments are managing royalties –whether direct, indirect, regional compensation, or for science/innovation- as a tool for the public debate surrounding the use of these funds.
Presidents of the community action boards of Tauramena and Villanueva, two villages that fall within the influence area of the “Llanos 32-34 and 3D Max” seismic exploration program, attended a meeting with the companies to define agreements surrounding social investment, wage, transport and monitoring.
As part of the 26th annual Bogota International Book Fair, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) unveiled the book “Environmental Conflicts in Colombia”, in order to help develop the know-how of environmental authorities in the treatment and resolution of environmental conflicts in the country.
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