Colombia’s mining and energy minister has said that it is not easy to lower the country’s fuel prices, reported local media on Wednesday. The country’s truckers are currently involved in multi sector strikes...
Colombia’s Minster of Mines and Energy Federico Renjifo on Thursday announced that the country’s oil reserves increased by 5.22% from 2011 to 2012. “The net growth [in oil reserves] in 2012 was 5.22% versus the...
Colombia’s ministry of mining announced that companies already operating in a newly-formed nature reserve can continue working despite the ministry of environment saying they cannot. The status of the recently declared...
Planned investment in Colombian oil exploration exceeded $2.6 million with 55 oil contracts signed so far this year, according to newspaper El Espectador. Mines and energy minister Federico Renjifo said that the 2012 figures...
Colombia’s Interior Minister on Tuesday said a delay in peace talks with the FARC was due to “technical” difficulties, attempting to calm down lawmakers who showed displeasure about the last-minute delay....
Three people were killed in Medellin as a result of the “gold wars” that plague Colombia’s central northwestern Antioquia department. While on the way to his brother Hernan Torres’ funeral on Wednesday,...
Colombia has auctioned off 115 oil blocks in the “Ronda Colombia 2012,” reported newspaper El Espectador on Thursday. Colombia’s minister for mining and energy Federico Renjifo said during the Colombian bidding...
Colombia’s mining minister emphasized on Wednesday the necessity to formalize the mining sector in order to combat illicit mining and its consequences like miners being extorted by illegal armed groups. At the...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday announced he has appointed his interior minister to lead the Mining Ministry and has replaced the health minister. Former Interior Minister Federico Renjifo, a close ally of the...
The resignation of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ entire cabinet has nothing to do with the president’s alleged ambition to run for a second term in 2014 or his low approval ratings, said the resigned...
Colombia’s Congress approved a bill Thursday which would provide a foundation for future peace talks with Colombia’s largest insurgency groups. The Legal Framework for Peace, which was approved overwhelmingly by a...
The Colombian government came out in strong support for a proposed constitutional amendment, known as the “Legal Framework for Peace,” following an alleged FARC bombing in Bogota Tuesday, reported newspaper El Espectador. The...
