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The union sued the NOC before the Attorney General for allegedly preventing the access of unionized workers to Barrancabermeja’s refinery.

The National Army confirmed that operations against Walter Arizala, alias ‘Guacho’, have restarted. Here are the details.

The oil sector has proposed the development of unconventional projects to increase the country’s oil reserves and ensure self-sufficiency in the long term. However, this has generated much controversy and many Colombians have expressed their rejection of this possibility.

The union spoke about Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) alleged lack of commitment to continue with the dialogue process and set a new Labor Agreement.

One of the hardest editing problems I have occurs whenever we have to write about security issues associated with former Farc guerrilla. The problems occur because of differences between Spanish and English, but mostly because of a ‘what-do-we-call-them’ issue. However, the real security issues are far bigger than any language challenges we might have.

The armed group released three soldiers in Arauca, but the release of hostages in Chocó remains ‘complicated’.

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) rejected the union’s violent acts in La Cira-Infantas field (Santander); one of Colombia’s main producing fields.

The government warned that it will not accept any condition imposed by the ELN to assure the liberation of those who remain in their power. Here is why.

This crime has always taken place in the border between Colombia and Venezuela, but smugglers recently migrated their ‘business’ to Ecuador, too. The development of these and other stories in our periodic Security summary.

Francisco José Lloreda, President of the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), spoke about important issues for the oil sector such as production, royalties and popular referendums among other issues in an interview for the business paper Dinero.