Following a meeting between the USO oil workers union president Edwin Castaño and a number of government ministers, vice ministers and the head of the National Planning Department (DNP) Simon Gaviria, the union said that it would not hold an indefinite strike after Gaviria made statements that Ecopetrol would not be privatized.
Incident counts went down again this week to 23 but the Armed Forces and other sources have started to call out the Farc for truce violations.
Fed up with a persistent blockade at its Floreña wells and CDF, Equion has suspended all work at its Floreña A, I and T wells and construction work still being performed at the recently inaugurated Floreña CPF.
Outspoken critic of Santos and the Farc peace process, senator Álvaro Uribe has emerged with new talking points on the peace process, calling for geographical isolation and a cautious pace, instead of outright rejection.
Incident counts went down to 25 but this was primarily due to fewer reported Armed Forces incidents.
President Juan Manuel Santos has ordered Colombian armed forces to cease bombings of Farc camps for one month, a milestone decision after over two years of peace negotiations. The government and Farc also announced an agreement to start de-mining operations in conflict areas.
The number of attacks on oil infrastructure has dropped considerably, in fact in January and February only two were reported, but 2014 showed that the guerrilla’s methods remain very effective despite lowered activity.
Incident counts went up significantly this week to 33 but qualitatively we are still in the same ‘quieter’ period with respect to guerrilla-initiated activities.
Incident counts went down significantly this week to 21 but as the graph shows, our proxy for guerrilla-initiated activity remained in the same ‘channel’ it has followed since the Farc declared its unilateral truce.
A report from the Peace & Reconciliation NGO found that the Farc’s “armed actions” dropped by 40% in 2014, which it says saved hundreds of lives. But attacks on oil infrastructure, extortion and the increase in ELN attacks are still a worry.
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