Four contractors working for an Ecopetrol subsidiary were kidnapped in Norte de Santander while performing maintenance on the Coveñas-Caño Limón (CCL) pipeline.
The ELN process is suspended! No wait. We reported that last month. But this month, Petro confirmed it. He’s given up on them. Still old news. The process with the Segunda Marquetalia almost fell off the rails but the two sides will meet now in Cuba. Didn’t we say that before? Maybe. Or something similar. The Clan? No change? Mordisco? Still blowing things up? Calarca? Not clear. Yesterday’s news.
A new attack on the Coveñas Caño Limón (CCL) oil pipeline, marks the 27th such incident since late August.
A new attack on the Coveñas Caño Limón (CCL) oil pipeline was reported, by Cenit, a subsidiary of Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC).
The government hasn’t scheduled the funeral but the ELN process died this month, even if only unofficially. The autopsy is pending and resurrection is not out of the question, but for now, the corpse is lying in the front room waiting for somebody to do something with it. Fighting has restarted. As we begin the third year of President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” initiative, everyone, including the government, wonders about a change of strategy.
Cenit announced that it has activated the Emergency and Contingency Plan (PEC) for the Coveñas Caño Limón (CCL) and Bicentenario (OBC) pipelines.
The Petro government is no less scandal-ridden than previous Colombian governments, despite its rhetoric during the campaign, but this month embarrassing incidents exploded within the peace process, making an already shaking situation even worse. One of these may even have contributed directly to problems in the ELN negotiations, which seem mere days away from suspension if not collapse.
Well maybe not as bad as last month, but bad. More news items than we have ever seen (not a good sign by itself) and all topics trending down. Only good news out of the Segunda Marquetalia negotiations gave any positive glimmers.
Former ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo) Carlos Negret says the country is in the same situation it was in 1998. In Cauca, where he hails from, he is probably right. There are other similarities, like a peace process going nowhere it seems, but some differences.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said this in his X (Twitter) account after the country’s Armed Forces successfully downed 15 dissident FARC soldiers near hotspot El Plateado, Cauca. Maybe it was the president’s well-known flare for the dramatic. Maybe it was frustration. Maybe it was a message to the dissident FARC or the ELN or the Clan del Golfo or all. Maybe it was a mix of all three reasons.
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