Reportera de Amazonia y asuntos ambientales para El Espectador de Colombia e InfoAmazonia. Periodista con interés en temas de género, medio ambiente y construcción de paz. Ha colaborado en medios como Rutas del Conflicto y Mongabay Latam. Ganadora del Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón Bolívar (2022) y el Premio al Periodismo Social y Ambiental de Constructora Capital (2023).

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The tensions left behind by oil in a key area of ​​the Colombian Amazon

Almost the entire Ombú oil block, operated by Emerald Energy, overlaps Colombia’s Macarena Special Management Area, created to conserve connectivity between the Andean, Amazon and Orinoquía natural regions. The project, now suspended after social protests, exposes the tensions caused by hydrocarbon extraction in protected areas without clear regulations.

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