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Colombia risks $533 billion in royalties and energy supply if oil and gas exploration stops

Colombia risks $533 billion in royalties and energy supply if oil and gas exploration is not reactivated.

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Colombia risks losing $533 billion in royalties and energy supply if it accelerates its energy transition without reactivating oil and gas exploration and production. [1] Juan Bancalari, president of the Asociación de Hoteles y Turismo de la República Dominicana (Asonahores), stated that 68 restaurants opened in Santo Domingo during the last year. [2] Colombia enacted Law 2468 of 2025 to establish specific conditions for light electric vehicles and differentiate their treatment from standard automobiles and motorcycles. [3] Drivers of electric personal vehicles weighing less than 60 kilograms are not required to possess a driver's license under the new Colombian legislation. [4] September 2026 will have no public holidays in Colombia. [5] The next official holiday in Colombia will be on Monday, October 12, 2026. [6] Colombia celebrates Love and Friendship Day on the third Saturday of September each year, which fell on September 19, 2026. [7] Journalist Ómar Rincón asked his students what they would do to change the image and complex reality of journalism in Colombia. [8] Verónica Vásquez Echeverri, CEO of Colombia-based circular economy company Ecomujeres, argues in an essay that the industrial sector needs women not merely in photographs representing the future but actually building it in offices, plants, laboratories, and boardrooms. [9] The article states that if oil and gas exploration and production are not reactivated, Colombia could lose enormous resources in royalties and energy supply. [10] Bancalari rejected versions pointing to a supposed generalized closure of restaurants in the sector, asserting these claims do not correspond to reality. [11] Individuals aged 16 years or older may operate these exempted electric personal vehicles without obtaining a driver's license. [12]
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  1. Colombia risks losing $533 billion in royalties and energy supply if it accelerates its energy transition without reactivating oil and gas exploration and production. · elnuevosiglo.com.coColombia
  2. Juan Bancalari, president of the Asociación de Hoteles y Turismo de la República Dominicana (Asonahores), stated that 68 restaurants opened in Santo Domingo during the last year. · Hoy Digital
  3. Colombia enacted Law 2468 of 2025 to establish specific conditions for light electric vehicles and differentiate their treatment from standard automobiles and motorcycles. · Valora Analitik
  4. Drivers of electric personal vehicles weighing less than 60 kilograms are not required to possess a driver's license under the new Colombian legislation. · Valora Analitik
  5. September 2026 will have no public holidays in Colombia. · El Espectador
  6. The next official holiday in Colombia will be on Monday, October 12, 2026. · El Espectador
  7. Colombia celebrates Love and Friendship Day on the third Saturday of September each year, which fell on September 19, 2026. · ColombiaOne: News from Colombia and the World
  8. Journalist Ómar Rincón asked his students what they would do to change the image and complex reality of journalism in Colombia. · El Tiempo
  9. Verónica Vásquez Echeverri, CEO of Colombia-based circular economy company Ecomujeres, argues in an essay that the industrial sector needs women not merely in photographs representing the future but actually building it in offices, plants, laboratories, and boardrooms. · Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo
  10. The article states that if oil and gas exploration and production are not reactivated, Colombia could lose enormous resources in royalties and energy supply. · elnuevosiglo.com.coColombia
  11. Bancalari rejected versions pointing to a supposed generalized closure of restaurants in the sector, asserting these claims do not correspond to reality. · Hoy Digital
  12. Individuals aged 16 years or older may operate these exempted electric personal vehicles without obtaining a driver's license. · Valora Analitik
The one we could place publishes from Colombia. 6 could not be placed by their address. None is an official body: that part stands on reporting, not on the underlying document or transcript.
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