Ecopetrol’s board has approved a temporary leave for Ricardo Roa, keeping him out of office until Colombia’s presidential elections wrap up at the end of June.
Finance Minister Germán Ávila walked out of a central bank board meeting, accusing it of going against Colombia’s national interests and deepening institutional tensions.
The oil and gas workers union called for the removal of Ecopetrol’s president following formal influence-peddling charges filed by Colombia’s Attorney.