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Everyone on World Cup slowdown?

Everyone on World Cup slowdown?

The week after President Juan Manuel Santos was reelected, ensuring continuity of the current strategy in the Farc and now ELN peace talks, security incidents near oil and gas infrastructure went down to 26 this week, below recent and long-term averages.

Monday, June 23rd, 2014
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Peace Process week of June 16: Santos still at the helm

With President Juan Manuel Santos’ reelection an item of the recent past, the peace process rambles forward. Whether or not the new found pace and inclusion of the ELN guerrilla will hold is now our big question.

Thursday, June 19th, 2014
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Just another average week

Just another average week

Despite a self-imposed truce by the Farc in the run-up to the second round of the Colombian presidential elections, security incidents near oil and gas infrastructure went up to 34 this week, at recent but just above long-term averages.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
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Peace Process Week of June 9: ELN, government to start talks

After more than a year of discussions the government and ELN guerrilla group announced this week that the two parties have agreed to an initial agenda and structure for roundtable talks, expanding the scope of the government’s peace initiative just ahead of presidential elections.

Thursday, June 12th, 2014
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Farc quiet ELN craving attention

Farc quiet ELN craving attention

The ELN were active in the northeast but the Farc relatively well-behaved and incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were down again to 31, below recent and right at long-term averages.

Sunday, June 8th, 2014
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Peace Process week of June 2: Havana kicks off again, as election lies in wait

The latest rounds of talks in Havana started on Monday and this will look at the victims of the conflict, while back in Colombia the election that will define the future of the peace process is now less than two weeks away.

Thursday, June 5th, 2014
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First week after presidential elections

First week after presidential elections

One week after incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos was shocked by a first round defeat to Uribist candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were down to 33, below recent but above long-term averages.

Monday, June 2nd, 2014
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Peace Process week of May 26: Peace talks now central election topic

Óscar Iván Zuluaga’s win on Sunday, May 25 over incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos in the first election round has positioned the peace talks as the defining topic for the second presidential round coming on June 15th.

Thursday, May 29th, 2014
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Army increases activity in Meta

Army increases activity in Meta

We thought that Llanos was appearing more frequently as a top source of security incidents in our weekly summary so we looked at the department of Meta, the largest and most important department for oil production in Colombia.

Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
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Caño Limon-Coveñas finally operational again

Repair work on the Caño Limon- Coveñas Pipeline has finally been completed after spending more than two months out of service after successive pipeline bombings and a conflict with the U´WA indigenous group that blocked repair crews.

Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
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