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Cenit Activates Contingency Plans Due To Series of Pipeline Attacks This Week

Cenit, an Ecopetrol Group subsidiary company, has informed that it activated the contingency plan in the pipelines of Caño Limón-Coveñas and Bicentenario to address the emergencies caused by seven attacks that have taken place since last Saturday in Arauca, Boyaca and Norte de...

Posted On June 8, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Insight Crime: Colombia’s Rainforests, Natural Areas Suffer As Park Rangers Threatened By Ex-FARC Mafia

According to an Insight Crime report, continued threats by criminal groups have led park rangers in Colombia’s protected areas of the Amazon rainforest to abandon their posts, leaving these territories to fall under the control of gangs.

Posted On March 29, 2020

, By Insight Crime

EPM Water treatment facility. Photo courtesy EPM

32 Colombian Municipalities Facing Water Shortages

This year’s annual dry season that affects Colombia in December and January has seen the number of municipalities facing shortages grow to 32, according to the country’s minister of housing, cities and territories, Jonathan Malagón.

Posted On January 27, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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ProColombia Announces Over $1 Billion USD In New Foreign Direct Investment

With more than 1,000 business meetings held at Colombia’s recent Colombia Investment Summit 2019, Colombia’s national Investment Promotion Agency (IPA) ProColombia announced over $1 Billion USD in new foreign direct investment (FDI). These include an investment by the US...

Posted On December 22, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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US Trial Sheds Little Light On Colombia’s Shady Emerald Mining Industry

The US court case of Horacio Triana, known as Colombia’s “emerald czar,” will focus on drug trafficking charges and is unlikely to shine a light on a complex web of links between the country’s emerald industry and a range of criminal interests. In November, Triana pled guilty...

Posted On December 11, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Municipality of La Macarena, Meta Certified For Sustainable Tourism

The Colombian town of La Macarena, Meta and surrounding areas has been certified as a “sustainable tourism destination” by ACERT S.A. and recognized by Colombia’s deputy minister of tourism, Julián Guerrero Orozco. The sustainability designation includes Colombia’s famous Caño...

Posted On October 15, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Colombia Announces 700MHz Spectrum Auction

Colombia’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MINTIC) announced three important decisions that are intended to give Colombia greater development in terms of technology and services for rural areas. The Deputy Minister of Connectivity and Digitalization, Iván...

Posted On March 26, 2019

, By Loren Moss