Colombia’s authorities seized assets of 17 businessmen who allegedly stole and exported $80 million worth of oil belonging to state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol. President Gustavo Petro said on Twitter that…
Multinational NGO’s are visiting Colombia to urge the country’s leaders to abandon controversial treaties that seek to protect foreign investment. Over the past decades, Colombia’s previous governments signed multiple investor…
Days after Canadian oil firm Frontera Energy paid the military $1 million, authorities in eastern Colombia arrested locals who had been leading protests against the company, according their local media.…
Colombia’s state council upheld a ban on fracking on Tuesday and proceeded to investigate whether the government illegally granted licenses to multinationals. The administration of President Ivan Duque has been…
Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol said Wednesday that it will begin fracking operations in the United States. Ecopetrol’s fracking operation will be carried out in a joint venture with US…
The Colombian government’s granting of oil titles in Colombia’s Amazon region allegedly increases the threat of extinction of indigenous peoples in the region. According to a study, the government has…
Colombia is not prepared to begin fracking and should at least temporarily ban the controversial activity, the country’s comptroller general said in a report on Thursday. According to the comptroller…
Colombia’s Inspector General said Thursday that he will investigate the CEO of state-run oil company Ecopetrol over an oil spill that causes a natural disaster. The oil czar, Felipe Bayon,…
The US dollar has lost more than 5% of its value against Colombia’s peso over the past month, partly because of an increase in price of Colombia’s primary export product,…