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allowing around 1.7 million refugees to gain protected status in Venezuela.
The protected status Duque announced was for Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia, not in Venezuela.
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This sentence places the protected status in Venezuela, but the policy Duque announced was Colombia’s temporary protection measure for Venezuelans in Colombia.
Official sources state that Colombia created temporary protection status for Venezuelans in the country / in Colombian territory:
- Colombia’s Foreign Ministry said Duque announced an "Estatuto de Protección Temporal para migrantes venezolanos en Colombia" and described it as a process to regularize Venezuelan migrants "que se encuentran en el país".
- UNHCR and IOM likewise said Colombia would provide ten-year temporary protection status to Venezuelans in Colombia, calling it a life-changing measure for the 1.7 million displaced Venezuelans hosted there.
So the location in the article is wrong: the status was granted by Colombia to Venezuelans in Colombia, not "in Venezuela."
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- Presidente Duque anuncia decisión histórica de crear Estatuto de Protección Temporal para migrantes venezolanos en Colombia | Cancillería
El Presidente ... anunció la creación de un Estatuto de Protección Temporal para los migrantes venezolanos ... del total de 1,8 millones de ciudadanos de Venezuela que se encuentran en el país. "Nosotros hacemos pública la decisión de nuestro país de crear un Estatuto de Protección Temporal en Colombia".
- UNHCR and IOM welcome Colombia's decision to regularize Venezuelan refugees and migrants | UNHCR US
UNHCR ... praised Colombia's initiative to provide ten-year temporary protection status to Venezuelans in the country. Colombia is host to 1.7 million Venezuelans ... "It is a life-changing gesture for the 1.7 million displaced Venezuelans who will now benefit ... while they are away from home."
Hydraulic fracturing was legalised in 2019.
This is incorrect: Colombia had already issued fracking regulations in 2013–2014, and its high court had suspended those rules by 2018, with the suspension still in force in 2019.
Full reasoning
The claim says hydraulic fracturing was legalized in 2019, but official Colombian sources show the legal framework predates 2019 and was actually under suspension by then.
- Colombia’s Council of State said the government had established the rules for fracking through Decree 3004 of December 26, 2013 and Resolution 90341 of March 27, 2014.
- That same court said it suspended those regulatory acts in 2018.
- In September 2019, ANLA stated it had not granted an environmental license for fracking and clarified that a project discussed in the media used conventional techniques, not fracking.
So 2019 was not the year fracking was "legalised" in Colombia. The relevant regulations were issued years earlier, and by 2019 they were being challenged and suspended rather than newly legalized.
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- CONSEJO DE ESTADO SUSPENDE NORMAS QUE REGULAN EL FRACKING | Consejo de Estado
El Consejo de Estado suspendió ... los criterios para la exploración y explotación ... a través del llamado fracking ... (Decreto 3004 del 26 de diciembre de 2013 y la Resolución n.° 90341 del 27 de marzo de 2014).
- Comunicado de Prensa La ANLA no ha otorgado licencia ambiental para fracking
ANLA dijo en septiembre de 2019 que no había otorgado licencia ambiental para fracking y aclaró que el proyecto mencionado en medios no utiliza la técnica de fracking, sino técnica convencional.