Some 56 villages in the Putumayo corridor from Puerto Vega-Teteyé have been protesting a plan to expand drilling in the area, arguing that they do not want oil infrastructure that will become a target of the Farc near their communities.
The head of the Farc, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, alias ‘Timochenko’ says that he does not anticipate an agreement in 2014, and maybe not in 2015, while negotiators in Havana prepare to start receiving groups of victims.
In his inaugural speech of his second term, President Juan Manuel Santos told the Farc that Colombians had their limits. However, incidents went up to 48, well above recent and long-term averages.
Parallel to the process to receive victims of Colombia’s long standing armed conflict, Farc and government peace delegates have agreed to form a sub-commission that will approach the idea of a definitive bilateral cease fire.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) says violence and terrorist attacks in Catatumbo have forced it to move its office in the Convención municipality, despite the pleas of residents to stay.
All the things we do not want to see went badly this week as incidents went up to 42, above recent and long-term averages.
The Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) Luz Helena Sarmiento has broken her silence and addressed the damage resulting from guerrilla attacks on oil infrastructure and tanker convoys.
In the midst of a string of attacks on energy infrastructure and public service facilities, one of which killed a three year old, President Juan Manuel Santos finally took a tougher tone with the Farc, warning that their actions could results in a collapse of the peace talks in Havana.
Threats and recent attacks against tankers arriving to a river port in Puerto Asís on their way to Ecuador have forced the government to provide security escorts for the convoys. However it is able to guarantee the passage of one in every four barges, which has slowed down the transport of crude extracted in the area.
The Coveñas/Caño Limon pipeline has become the prime target of guerrilla attacks on oil infrastructure, with the latest a week ago forcing another stop in service while authorities repair the damage.
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