Summary

Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel its joint venture with U.S.-based Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) over environmental concerns.

The $880 million project in the Permian Basin, set to produce 90,000 barrels per day, involved fracking, a practice Petro strongly opposes. He urged reinvesting in clean energy instead.

While Colombia bans domestic fracking, this marks the first time it has blocked an overseas fracking deal.

  • @[email protected]
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    2018 hours ago

    I know he’s not too popular at home but the more I hear about this guy the more I like him

    • @brucethemoose
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      516 hours ago

      It sounds like all this could give him a boost?

      • @P00ptart
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        214 hours ago

        Standing up to trump will.

        • @demonsword
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          112 hours ago

          I disagree. You underestimate the amount of people here at my old Latin America that just simps for north americans, no matter what

          • @ByteJunk
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            111 hours ago

            Did they miss how Trump strong-armed the very same Colombia with the immigration planes? Is the misinformation that strong there already?

            • @demonsword
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              210 hours ago

              decades of indoctrination wouldn’t change simply because of that