Incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were up again this week to 34 above recent but below long-term averages. This was a slightly below average week for non-armed forces reported/guerrilla-initiated incident. The increase caused our 4-week Moving Average incident count to go up to 24.6 but the 52 week average dropped slightly to 36.6 incidents per week.
Communities and CSRThe Caquetá Department governor Víctor Ramírez says that the national government has repeatedly found ways to block the awarding of royalty funds, which according to him is the only source of finances for social investment for the department.
The time to debate a possible March 2014 referendum that would approve an eventual peace agreement is waning and a congressional vote looms just ahead. The First Commission of the Senate and House delayed a critical vote on the referendum until next Tuesday, September 17th.
UPDATED — Colombia’s Supreme Court has ruled the current pricing scheme in which the presidential administration smooths prices is unconstitutional. Instead any mechanism should fall to congress. Meanwhile the Liberal Party pushes the new mines and energy minister to study a decrease in fuel prices.
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The United Nations verified that the highway blockades associated with the agro-workers strike that have paralyzed traffic in many parts of the country have been lifted. The confirmation comes days after an agreement between seven departments and the central government. But already new strikes have been announced.
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