Colombia, the world’s only significant oil producer to join a bloc of nations vowing to quit fossil fuels, is poised for an about face.
As President Gustavo Petro’s term winds down, most prominent candidates running to replace him are promising to put oil and gas back at the forefront of the nation’s energy policy. Even moderate and center-left candidates are calling for Colombia to start using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which Petro has pushed to make illegal.