Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) exploration activities near Paz de Ariporo, Casanare have sparked protests over its supposed impact on the local water supply. This and other environmental stories in our periodic summary.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) hosted a workshop on journalistic ethics, will support a major vehicular bridge in Meta and lent a hand in a spill cleanup. These and other stories on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in our periodic summary.
Little or no information on biodiversity in Colombia’s offshore blocks and lack of a clear regulatory framework for offshore are two of the issues that are getting more attention following two offshore discoveries made by Ecopetrol over the last year.
An ambitious project underway to make the Magdalena River navigable for large cargo convoys has the government promoting it for its general economic benefit. But the project does have its naysayers, who point to the long term environmental impact and question how much it will improve life in villages along Colombia’s longest river.
The Armed Forces are still recording ‘hits’ like Farc guerrillas captured or killed but our statistics show a definitive reduction in their activity. The Farc appear to be well-behaved. The ELN are not.
The Northern Europeans are probably jubilant with the events of the last couple of weeks and editorial cartoonists have started once again to lampoon President Juan Manuel Santos’ alleged Nobel Peace Prize ambitions.
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