The Resource Center for Conflict Analysis (Cerac) says that June of this year was the most violent month since the peace process begun three years ago.
The Farc announced that it would put in place a new unilateral cease fire for one month, starting on July 20, after an escalation in violence in the weeks following the termination of its prior unilateral cease fire on May 22.
Mexican investment group Alfa and Harbour Energy have terminated an agreement to purchase all of the remaining shares of Pacific Rubiales Energy (TSX:PRE), setting off a flurry of speculation and a deep dive in the share price of Colombia’s largest private oil operator.
The fall in oil prices and resulting drop in investment has led to more competition between Colombian citizens and foreign oil professionals, thus making the country less attractive for these expat workers, a recent report found.
The General controller Edgardo Maya Villazón said that royalty projects should face tighter time-frames due to the large quantity of projects that have been approved but not implemented. This and other royalty-related stories in our periodic summary.
A local paper dedicated a full feature article to explain the hope generated by the El Alcaraván sugar cane ethanol plant announced in 2010 by Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) Bioenergy, and the impact its mismanagement left on the municipality of Puerto López, Meta.
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