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Foto Diana Rubiano - El Nuevo Siglo Si nos atenemos a las cuentas que actualmente tiene el observatorio fiscal de la Universidad Javeriana, el Gobierno ha utilizado hasta el momento cerca de $32 billones de los recursos del Fondo de Mitigación de Emergencias (Fome), para atender la crisis social y económica que ha dejado la propagación de la covid-19. En declaraciones a los medios, el director del observatorio fiscal de esta casa de estudios, Luis Carlos Reyes, aseguró que ese fondo contaba con $40,5 billones, de los cuales el 10% de esos recursos se ha utilizado para atender temas de salud y el 7% para el proyecto Ingreso Solidario. ....
Activists say it s a shortsighted plan that threatens biodiversity Photos by Joshua Collins San Martín is full of oil men. This small, no-nonsense Colombian town in the department of Cesar, is hot, chaotic, and long accustomed to the presence of the petroleum industry. Ecopetrol, the state-owned oil company, is everywhere. Standing in the town center it is impossible not to notice that two out of three trucks that roll down the only highway through town bear the logo of the oil-giant, and all local economic activity is tied to the oil industry, at least indirectly. Ecopetrol workers keep the lights on in the half-dozen shabby hotels that dot the small city and buy food in the informal stands that surround the town square. The company employs many residents directly. ....