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Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/colombia-bans-all-new-oil-and-mining-projects-in-its-amazon/

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buckykat [none/use name] - 2day

porky-scared-flipped Colombia is a brutal authoritarian dictatorship, you say?

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SexUnderSocialism [she/her] - 2day

Sounds like it's time to bring some of that freedom-and-democracy to the yearning people of Columbia.

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FourteenEyes [he/him] - 2day

But what if the mining corporations are paying for Amazon Prime

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KuroXppi [they/them] - 2day

FrogPog catgirl-happy GOOD NEWS!!

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TheSpectreOfGay [hy/hym, she/her] - 2day

hell yea

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ryepunk [he/him] - 1day

As a kkkanada I am shocked that Colombia is willing to sacrifice their economy so badly.

Haven't they heard that the only way to transition to renewable is by first allowing oil and gas companies to bleed the earth dry for a pittance? It's like they don't even care about the line anymore.

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chgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them] - 1day

Wild speculation time:

Both this as well as the aggression against Venezuela might have the purpose of increasing/stabilizing oil prices.

A ban on new oil projects can always be revoked or exceptions can be made.

But Gustavo Petro might also just be a cool guy.

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SnakeEyes [comrade/them] - 1day

Please stop saying Columbia it hurts my soul lol

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jack [he/him, comrade/them] - 1day

Coolumbia 😎

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Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them] - 1day

Coulombia

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techpeakedin1991 @lemmy.ml - 2day

Wha? Didn't the neolibs win the Colombian election recently?

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somename [she/her] - 2day

Not at least for the President. Petro was a left wing guerilla, and by all records, appears to be a real one.

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techpeakedin1991 @lemmy.ml - 2day

Yeah sorry I looked it up I just somehow got Colombia mixed up with Bolivia

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Redcuban1959 [any] - 1day

??? You're probably mixing up Bolivia or Chile with Colombia.

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