Locals in Tauramena (Casanare) voted against the development of oil activities in their territory. The State Council and Casanare’s Administrative Court, however, denied the validity of the popular consultation.
The union sent a list of petitions to Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) subsidiary, Cenit. Here are the details.
The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned about a possible humanitarian crisis in the department of Chocó.
Local authorities denounced that the department of La Guajira is suffering a serious situation due to lack of gasoline. They asked for measures to solve this problem.
The development of the deepest offshore well in Latin America will take place next year in Colombia, the president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), Luis Miguel Morelli, said.
The union spoke about its potential participation as supervisors in upcoming Research Pilot Projects (PPII) for unconventional resources.
The National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) hosted a forum together with the Earlham Institute and the GROW Colombia Organization, to evaluate the root cause of social issues in the territories. This is what the entities’ concluded.
Not everything about the post-conflict process involves threats from former guerrilla leaders to the government. These are some of the successful projects that former Farc members were proud to announce.
The most recent attack on the Transandino pipeline, in the department of Putumayo, proves that armed groups will not give up attacking oil infrastructure, generating serious environmental and financial damage to Colombia.
Eight ‘social leaders’ of Casanare are currently under arrest because, according to the Attorney General’s Office, they are part of an organized crime group that has been harassing Frontera Energy (TSE: FEC) in the region.