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The union spoke about the successful negotiations with National Oilwell Varco Colombia.

The guerrilla announced a ceasefire for the second round of presidential elections, and authorities spoke about their military achievements against FARC dissidents. The development of these and other stories in our periodic Security summary.

Colombian economic thinktank, Fedesarrollo, recent published a slide deck with a strong condemnation of the way prior consultation takes place. It calls for normalization of procedures and clarification of responsibilities between different levels of government.

As I said a few weeks ago, we are rereading / reediting / rewriting the peace-process summaries that we wrote from 2013 through mid-2017. A frequent writing error was to confuse singular and plural when referring to the FARC; ”the FARC is” versus “the FARC are”. I was reminded of this problem when reading our recent security summary.

After a few months of reporting on fuel smuggling and theft, our periodic security report reflects a worsening situation with the ELN and Farc dissidents. But things are still better than they were two years ago.

The demobilization process with the FARC began a year ago, but not all the members of this group took part or have stayed in civil society. Some dissidents’ groups are looking to retain control of areas where the FARC operated; these areas have the presence of several oil projects.

The ELN continues to make headlines, and according to the Ministry of Defense (MinDefensa), the armed group is not only operating in Colombia but also in Ecuador and Venezuela. The development of these and other stories in our periodic Security summary.

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) gave details about the Akacías field in Meta, but will social issues be an obstacle for its development?

The boom in popular referenda against the oil and mining sector has generated many concerns and debate in the country. The Government’s strategy to stop this wave was to say that it lacked the resources to finance them, but this has generated a new controversy with communities.

The union spoke about the alleged violation of workers’ rights by Schlumberger, and mentioned the points that need to be addressed in future meetings.