1. Ecopetrol CEO Ousted, Averting Major Strike by Colombia's Oil Workers Union
A major labor crisis at Colombia's state energy giant has been narrowly averted. The nation's largest oil workers union, the Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), has formally dropped its threat of a nationwide strike. This abrupt de-escalation came directly on the heels of the sudden removal of Ecopetrol SA's Chief Executive O...