A year ago, inhabitants of Cajamarca voted ‘no’ to the development of mining activities in their territory. Here are their opinions on the matter, today.
Colombia’s oil regulator, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) announced a new date for the Sinu-San Jacinto (SSJ) bid round. The agency gave an explanation for this decision.
The National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) made a decision on Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: ECP) proposal to carry out a fracking pilot in Colombia.
The National Agency of Environmental Licenses (ANLA) suspended some of the procedures around the La Lizama Well, as a precautionary measure until it has enough technical analysis to determine the absence of potential risks.
Through a resolution, indigenous communities from Sucre declared USO members ‘persona non grata’ in their territories, arguing that they are sabotaging negotiations with oil companies.
Normally, the catch-phrase “Quiet. Too quiet” is a foreboding of something bad about to occur. But now it looks like this quiet security period will extend a long time, maybe as the ‘new normal’. Originally, we published this report weekly. Then we dropped to monthly and then quarterly, then only when there was something interesting to say. This quarterly article shows very little has changed or is likely to change. For that reason, we have decided that this is our last report.