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.
President Santos insisted that although ending the armed conflict through dialog is his priority, if the Farc is being brutish, he will end negotiations, while countering criticisms from the outspoken Inspector General Alejandro Ordóñez.
Incident counts went down significantly this week to 11 and it is entirely due to our lowest recording of Armed Forces activity since we started this study in 1Q12.
Incident counts went down again this week to 20 and our indicator of guerrilla-initiated activity is at its lowest since early January.
While de-mining operations have started in parts of the country, the Farc said that there are plenty of unresolved issues in Havana so will not de-mine parts of the jungle as a way to protect their strongholds.
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.
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