This week Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos took to campaigning for the peace process, one of the foremost issues that will make or break his upcoming reelection bid next year.
It is a stereotype that rolls easily off the tongue: the Colombian royalty rate is 20%. Data from 1Q13 shown above shows that it is not. The bars represent the average royalty rate for the top producing departments (excluding X Factors paid on E&P contracts) and the figures displayed on the bars themselves is average daily production in thousands of barrels per day.
ProductionMinMinas recently published its detailed file with production by field, which allows us to do graphs like the above, looking at the growth in production by department.
An association of around 600 fishermen says that offshore exploration near the city of Cartagena is advancing without their input or consultation.
The USO says that a mass strike of workers at the expansion of the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) has been in effect for 8 days now. According to the union, 12,000 workers are now demanding greater hiring of local and national laborers, and that salaries and work conditions are the same as foreign workers on the site.
From Catatumbo to Cartagena, coffee growers to coal miners, a recent wave of protests and now strikes have plagued President Juan Manuel Santos administration at a tender moment.
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