The green promises of Colombia’s president ring ever more hollow
Costly imported gas? Sure! Big gas discovery? Great!
TO LOOK AT the Cupiagua gas plant in the Andean foothills of Colombia’s north-east is to be struck by its size. Tubes, tanks and towers form tortuous mazes dedicated to processing natural gas from underground reservoirs—enough to supply about 12m households. But the dials tell a revealing tale. The gaseous bounty is thinning, and making up the shortfall is messing up President Gustavo Petro’s ostensibly green agenda.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Petro’s state”
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