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While some in the oil industry –and many ‘hard’ miners for that matter – may be offended by our view that there are commonalities, it is becoming hard to deny that the evolving social and political situation for both has common roots and is creating common legal precedents.

We have compiled a list of 18 municipalities that either have had anti-oil/mining referenda, are definitely planning to do so or are known to be working towards a referendum.

Now Part 3 of our ongoing series written by Leopoldo Olavarría and the team at Norton Rose Fulbright on the Agreement 2, the National Hydrocarbons Agency’s (ANH) rewrite of the rules for block assignment and contracting.

The National Federation of Palm Growers (Fedepalma) disagrees with Government’s decisions on the National Biofuels program. The federation referred to the consequences of these actions.

GasConcern in the electricity and natural gas distribution sector are growing because of lack of resources for national subsidies. Representatives of these industries spoke about this situation.

Those responsible for this crime legalize the fuel through fake companies, the guerrilla and mafia networks.