Subject: Re: Colombia Infrastructure
From: "Jay Rouse" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:20:09 -0400

In the office, where are you?
On Jul 20, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Hunter Biden wrote:

> Where r u,
>
> R. Hunter Biden
> Rosemont Seneca Partners
> 202-333-1880
>
> On Jul 20, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Jay Rouse <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Santos invites Spanish firms to improve Colombia infrastructure
>> TUESDAY, 19 JULY 2011 08:17	MATT SNYDER
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>> President Juan Manuel Santos invited Spanish construction  
>> corporations to partner with Colombian firms to revamp Colombia's  
>> infrastructure, Colombian media reported Monday.
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>> Santos addressed representatives from 80 Spanish corporations  
>> yesterday at the Colombia-Spain Forum on Infrastructure and Housing.
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>> The president encouraged Colombian and Spanish firms to form  
>> connections so that they might partner and compete for an  
>> impressive array of Colombia public building projects scheduled to  
>> begin in the near future. The governemnt is expected to spend $17.6  
>> billion on infrastructure in 2014 and $56 billion over the next 10  
>> years.
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>> "I understand that 170 billateral connections have already been  
>> made," Santos said, at the close of the forum. "Of these 170, if  
>> just 20% result in partnerships and work, that would be wonderful."
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>> Both Santos and Transportation Minister Germain Cardona highlighted  
>> the opportunities for foreign construction firms in improving what  
>> they regarded as Colombia's dilapidated infrastructure. "We want  
>> tot get a message not only to Spain, but to the world that good  
>> partnerships with Colombian firms have a lot to do because the  
>> backlog on infrastructure is evident," said Cardona. Santos noted  
>> that Colombia's infrastructure was "the most backward," and "needs  
>> more stimulus, more investment."
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>> Jose Blanco, the Spanish minister of development, was also in  
>> attendence and noted the dynamism of Colombia's economy and society  
>> and praised the "relevance of Colombia internationally." Blanco  
>> added that many Spanish companies were interested in new  
>> construction projects in Colombia. "There are many Spanish  
>> companies that want to cooperate with Colombia to promote this  
>> ambitious government infrastructure plan."
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>> Minister Cardona invited Spanish firms to submit bids for the  
>> initial stage of the infrastructure plan that will be worth $681  
>> million.
>>
>> Jay Rouse
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Jay Rouse
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Washington, DC 20007

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