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Companies like Terpel, Equion, Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Geo Park (NYSE: GPRK) reiterated their commitment to social investment programs by boosting education opportunities in Colombia. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.

The boom of anti-oil and mining referendums continues to grow around Colombia. There is a new committee to carry out a referendum to approve or reject extractive projects in an important municipality of the Putumayo.

USO reported that after Razón Pública newspaper published the article titled “Ecopetrol, 2003-2017: bankruptcy induces privatization?” The NOC sent a letter to the journalist Libardo Sarmiento, author of the publication.

Through its Energy4me program, the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) went to Putumayo and, with Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) support, started a campaign to educate people with real facts, about the real impact of oil activities in their territories.

Industry and Community Action Board (JAC) representatives met in Puerto Gaitán to discuss social issues and CSR projects. The local Municipal Administration said “yes to oil, but with responsibility.”

A draft decree from the Ministry of Environment (MinAmbiente) turned on the alarms for the oil, electricity and infrastructure sectors.

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.

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.

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.

The company inaugurated the “Arawalibo” Child Development Center (CDI) in Puerto Gaitán (Meta,) with the support of the Presidential Counsel for Early Childhood, the Mayor of Puerto Gaitán, the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare and Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC.)