Last week we published some harsh comments for the oil industry from former Casanare Governor Jorge Prieto, who said the region would be better off without being the home to a bulk of the country’s oil production. We thought we’d share the list of his colleagues, who we believe have done more to stain the department than anyone else.
The primary problem is that at the main routes out of the Llanos and the Upper Magdalena Valley basin to Barrancabermeja and the Atlantic coast via Bogotá remain blocked. See the complete list of relevant blockages.
Incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were up again this week to 27 but that is slightly above recent but below long-term averages. This was a below average week for non-armed forces reported/guerrilla-initiated incidents. Despite this week’s rise our 4-week Moving Average incident count dropped to 22.5 and the 52 week average dropped as well to 37.3 incidents per week.
The national strike, led by coffee and agricultural workers, is now into its second week and as many as 33 national highways remain blocked due to protests throughout the country.
Another round of talks started in Cuba this week , and the Farc turned heads by admitting that they too have been responsible for cruelty and created victims due to the group’s actions. In Colombia, national strikes took center stage.
A national strike led primarily by agro-workers has left around 16 highways with blockades and closed to traffic. Other sectors, such as truckers and health workers, joined the strike, which is set to continue indefinitely.
Incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were back up this week to 20 but that is still well below recent and long-term averages. This was an above average week for non-armed forces reported/guerrilla-initiated incidents. This dropped our 4-week Moving Average incident count up to 22.8 and the 52 week average dropped as well to 37.9 incidents per week.
The latest round of peace talks in Havana came to an end last Saturday, giving pause before the next round starts on August 19th. The role of the media and guarantees to the political opposition have been central themes in talks, which are on the second of five established agenda issues.
At 13, this was the second lowest week we have had since we started collecting statistics at the beginning of 2Q12. This was an above average week for non-armed forces reported/guerrilla-initiated incidents. That dropped our 4-week Moving Average incident count down to 23.3 but the 52 week average was essentially stable at 38.5 incidents per week.
This week saw little new material or events in relation to the ongoing peace talks in Havana, as both Santos and the Farc continued to repeat their stance while little official communication comes out of the talks in Cuba.
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