USO affiliated workers with oil services firm Weatherford (NYSE:WFT) came to an agreement ending a nearly month long strike.
In Havana, government negotiators and the FARC have returned to negotiations in the 36th round of talks, while Senator Alvaro Uribe has taken a much warmer position on the government’s handling of the peace talks.
Incident counts were stable at 20 and non-Armed Forces reported incidents decreased by one. The ELN and the Farc continue to attack both soft and hard targets testing the government’s limits.
The USO has added another conflict point to its menu, as some 25 oil transportation workers protested in the Coveñas port against the port services firm Serviport, blocking the boarding of an oil ship.
“Colombia demands proof that their will for peace is real. We do not want more rhetoric” was the emphatic call this week of President Juan Manuel Santos a week after a guerrilla attack left 11 soldiers dead, while critics call for a halt to negotiations.
Incident counts went up again this week to 20 and non-Armed Forces reported incidents rose for the third straight week. More importantly, President Juan Manuel Santos reversed the decision to stop bombardments.
After a Farc attack on an army patrol left 11 dead, President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the armed forces to resume their attacks and operations against the guerrilla.
The ELN guerrilla says that it needs funds to sustain its fight for its cause, and what better place to get them than multinational oil companies, which its commander says are merely looting the resources of common Colombians.
Incident counts went up this week to 19 but it was still the second lowest week in 2015. Armed Forces reported incidents doubled and non-Armed Forces were just below normal.
After three weeks of blockades and protests from the El Morro community, which has led the the halt of operations at Equion’s Floreña well and facilities, community leaders have sat down with the firm and submitted eight demands that they are looking to see fulfilled.
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