The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) says it held a meeting with the Ministry of Defense, Interior ministry, police and military forces and industry representatives to improve the scenario in the areas of influence of hydrocarbons projects.
The count dropped this week to 41, above long-term averages and slightly below the recent average, but new threats have appeared with implications for the post-conflict scenario.
After more than a month of protests from the Tesoro de Bubuy village in Aguazul, Casanare, oil operator Perenco has issued a statement to local media contesting allegations by protesters, which it says are merely a tool to obtain greater concessions from the company despite past agreements.
In an about face, the government released the draft texts of the three agreements reached thus far with the Farc in Havana, Cuba, in a move to silence critics of the peace process.
The Interior Ministry has signed a series of agreements with Putumayo residents, who have agreed to lift blockades and stop protests that have dogged the region for more than two months. The agreement followed a tentative accord two weeks ago.
An attack that left two oil contractors working on a section of the Coveñas/Caño Limón pipeline dead underscores an alarming increase in attacks not only against the oil industry’s infrastructure, but its workers as well.
The count jumped 12% this week to 46, above recent and long-term averages, but, except for a particularly bad incident, the increase was mostly Armed Forces activity.
The 28th round of talks finished at the end of last week, while a national forum for victims included commentary from Colombians displaced by the conflict and living around the world.
The count increased to 41 this week, above recent and long-term averages, but the story was a direct attack on the electrical substation of a field.
The second group of 12 victims of Colombia’s armed conflict addressed the peace talks in Havana, calling for a bilateral cease fire and that justice, but not revenge, is served.