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Ecopetrol Workers Union Calls for the Resignation of Ricardo Roa

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The loneliness of Ricardo Roa in the presidency of the most important company in Colombia is widening. The Union Labor Union (USO), the largest union of the state oil company—which now occupies one of the nine positions of the board of directors in the head of César Eduardo Loza—has taken a turn of the rudder that can alter the political and corporate board by formally demanding the departure of its president. The organization considers that the…

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The loneliness of Ricardo Roa in the presidency of the most important company in Colombia is widening. The Union Labor Union (USO), the largest union of the state oil company—which now occupies one of the nine positions of the board of directors in the head of César Eduardo Loza—has taken a turn of the rudder that can alter the political and corporate board by formally demanding the departure of its president. The organization considers that the…

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The Labor Union formally asked to remove Ricardo Roa from the presidency of Ecopetrol, arguing that the corruption scandals in which he has been involved represent a serious risk to the reputation and interests of the company. USO, the most representative union of the Colombian oil industry, did not wait any longer. The union considered that the allegations against Roa had reached a level of gravity incompatible with the management of the countr…

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Colombia's largest oil workers' union, the Union Sindicato Obrera de la Industria del Petróleo (USO), threatens to go on strike unless the Ecopetrol Board of Directors (ECOPETL) dismisses the president, Ricardo Roa, on charges of alleged influence trafficking.See more: Will Venezuela pay? The legal route of Argos and other Colombian companies to collect expropriationsRoa is also accused of violating electoral spending limits as responsible for G…

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The Union Labor Union (USO), the main trade union organization of the oil sector in the country, formally requested the departure of Ricardo Roa from the presidency of Ecopetrol, arguing a growing discomfort among the workers. The president of the union, Martín Ravelo, assured that the petition responds to a “clamor” in the production fields, the system of ... The post USE calls for exit of Ricardo Roa from Ecopetrol or otherwise warns possible …

New president of USO, Martín Ravelo. Image: USO Martín Ravelo, president of the largest union in Ecopetrol, the Labor Union (USO), said that the organization is willing to mobilize the workers if the permanence of Ricardo Roa, president of the company, generates instability in the company. “We are willing to mobilize the workers if the permanence of Dr. Ricardo Roa generates instability for our company. We will mobilize the workers,” said Ravelo…

Ricardo Roa is untouchable and his stay in Ecopetrol's inexplicable presidency. Gustavo Petro's former campaign manager is criminally charged by the Prosecutor's Office, administratively sanctioned by the National Electoral Council, seized by a judge, accused of corruption by a witness who claims to be threatened with death, and pointed out by another who says that his boyfriend is power in the shadow in Ecopetrol. Still, the Board of Directors …

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larepublica.co broke the news in Bogotá, Colombia on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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