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The National Liberation Army (ELN) announced that it is willing to resume the stalled peace talks with the Colombian government.

I was not planning to write about this, assuming that, like tax reform, by the time that anything was published life would have moved on. But then my 94-year-old mother called, upset because CBC News had shown her the violence and looting in Bogotá and she was worried. I realized board members and major investors might also be upset and worried.

The fuel shortage in the neighboring country has favored criminal groups located on the border.

Alexandra Hernández, Vice President of Economic Affairs of the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), spoke about the transparency scheme of the Fracking Pilot Projects (PPIIs).

Army prevented an attack against the population in Arauca. This and other stories in our periodic summary of post-conflict issues from the last month.

El Espectador columnist Alfredo Morelo spoke about the insecurity that the Middle Magdalena basin is experiencing at present.

Authorities reported a new explosion in the Coveñas Caño Limon (CCL) oil pipeline. This and other stories in our periodic summary of post-conflict issues from the last month.

Authorities announced measures to address insecurity in Arauca. This and other stories in our periodic summary of post-conflict issues.

Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) representative talked about oil theft from pipelines in 2020.

This past week Colombia passed a number of unfortunate Covid-19 milestones so we thought we should update our graphs. The country passed the 2 million detected cases mark on Saturday and earlier in the week, passed 50,000 deaths attributed to the pandemic.