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The government has ordered Pluspetrol, which owns and operates key oil and gas concessions, to abandon its exploratory activities in the central jungle region, following protests…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197683
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The regulation will need parliament’s endorsement by the end of its current session to become permanent legislation. In 2021, the Constitutional Court ordered the government to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275406
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The election comes as the country grapples with COVID-19 and its severe economic fallout, and race and justice-based protests in many urban centres.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253572
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Worth 54 billion euros (60 billion dollars) until 2023, the reforms are designed to help Germany reach its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% of 1990 levels by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246985
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That reflects the state’s failure to address waste management challenges. During his 2014-19 tenure, unpopular Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk failed to find a permanent solution…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243513
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The regulation, issued on February 2, comes amid ongoing controversy over the job creation law which President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s government enacted in November 2020. In…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267453
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Output remains well below peak levels seen under former President Lenin Moreno (2017-21), and indigenous and environmental concerns look set to hinder the industry's development…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273527
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Fears that the draft would be overly left-wing have proved largely unfounded but there are gaps that cause concern. Polls show the draft may not be approved in a plebiscite on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270337
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New Mining Minister Miguel Inchaustegui is committed to promoting a modus vivendi between mining companies and the communities that have so frequently opposed mining development…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254637
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Outlook for the mining sector.