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During a board meeting yesterday called by EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) CEO Alvaro Rendón after Medellín Mayor Daniel Quintero asked for his resignation, the board of directors, appointed entirely by Mayor Quintero, confirmed his firing.

EPM General Manager Alvaro Rendón says he will resign only after meeting with the Board of Directors, despite Medellín Mayor Daniel Quintero's request for his head; this just days after Quintero dismissed Rendon's ouster as politically motivated false rumors.

Colombia's petroleum industry group projects investment in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) for 2021 between $3.1 and $3.45 billion USD, 51% higher than that of 2020.

he fact that Ecopetrol has gone public with its intentions indicates the near certainty that a deal has been agreed upon in advance within Colombia’s government. It also reveals an intention of the Colombian government to raise cash without further direct indebtedness, by selling...

On the company website, it lists 5 projects under development in Colombia, plus one each in El Salvador and Jamaica, and says all projects will start construction in the second half of this year, and begin energy production at the end of 2022.

While EPM seeks a litigation jurisdiction of Antioquia Administrative court, the consortium is countersuing in an international court, away from potential political influence in Antioquia’s capital of Medellín.

Colombian power generator Isagen has announced the acquisition of its first two solar plants in Colombia. The Llanos 4 and Llanos 5 plants are located in Puerto Gaitán, Meta with 27.4 MWp* and 25 MWp respectively. The solar facilities are expected to be operational in early 2022....

After manufacturing, the units had to be shipped from Santos, Brazil to Colombian ports in the Caribbean, then deployed over roads as oversized cargo to the rural site of the Hidroituango hydroelectric dam in northern Antioquia.

Furthermore, Ecopetrol presented in its defense a medical board’s findng that “the former worker has maladaptive personality traits that limit the therapeutic response, despite the multiple pharmacological schemes ordered by psychiatry and the supportive psychotherapy carried out...

The president of Colombia’s largest company, oil giant Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC)) is facing arrest after a judge in the capital of Colombia’s Nariño department issued a warrant for his detention.