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		<title>Truckers Striking, Washington Eyeing, China Vying, and Billionaires Buying – This Week In Colombia Law &amp; Business</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/02/19/truckers-striking-washington-eyeing-china-vying-and-billionaires-buying-%e2%80%93-this-week-in-colombia-law-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask anyone who lives in Bogotá, the biggest problem in daily life – leaving aside this year’s seasonal rains that came early, stayed late, and would not stop – is transportation. Visitors arriving at the expanding El Dorado Airport (did it expand enough?) have a long slow ride on the Avenida El Dorado due to construction.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1849&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ERNESTO VILLAMIZAR JOINS POSSE HERRERA &amp; RUIZ TO HEAD REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND TRUST PRACTICE AREA</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/01/12/ernesto-villamizar-joins-posse-herreraa-ruiz-to-head-real-estate-development-projects-and-trust-practice-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POSSE HERRERA &#38; RUIZ IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ERNESTO VILLAMIZAR HAS JOINED THE FIRM AS PARTNER AND WILL HEAD THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND TRUST PRACTICE AREA Ernesto Villamizar is a Universidad Javeriana lawyer and economist, has studies in Financial and Credit matters with the Chase Manhattan Bank &#8211; Banco del Comercio, and Graduate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1750&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bogota Hotels Development Update</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/11/05/bogota-hotels-development-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maria Gladys Escobar in La Republica Translated by iGoogle/Hunter Carter Work Begins on Two Hotels In The Capital Bogotá. The development of new hotels continues and it shows. The work of two complexes  already started located in exclusive neighborhoods such as Santa Barbara and Business Center in Ciudad Salitre to invest about $ 150,000 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1654&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Colombia Law &amp; Business Forum &#8211; A Big Success</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/10/24/the-colombia-law-business-forum-a-big-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 14, 2010, The Colombian American Association held “The Colombia Law and Business Forum,” sponsored and hosted by Arent Fox LLP in association with ProExport Colombia and The Colombia Law &#38; Business Post. Latin America and Colombia are hot emerging markets drawing significant investor attention. This event was geared towards financial and strategic investors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1610&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing Colombia Law &amp; Business Forum, October 14, 2010 in New York</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/08/31/announcing-colombia-law-business-forum-october-14-2010-in-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 14, the Colombian American Association will hold a conference entitled &#8220;The Colombia Law and Business Forum.&#8220; Our keynote speaker will be David Bojanini, Chairman of Suramericana Inversiones (also known as the Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño or the Sindicato Antioqueño).  We will also hear from David Stone, Managing Director of Pan American Capital Partners, on their infrastructure fund and projects.   [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1547&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IFC Backs Ashmore I Infrastructure Private Equity Fund</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/03/11/ifc-backs-ashmore-i-infrastructure-oriented-private-equity-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IFC will invest up to $20 million equivalent, not exceeding 20% of total commitments, through a $500 million private equity fund focused on Colombian infrastructure. Infrastructure projects abound in Colombia these days, thanks to a pro-investment climate and dramatic improvements in public safety and access to the country.  So, when news broke last year that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1261&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winners Announced For the Ruta Del Sol Concessions</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/12/16/winners-announced-for-the-ruta-del-sol-concessions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[INCA, the Colombian national concessions authority, today announced the results of competitive bidding to construct, operate, and maintain two of the three sectors of the Ruta Del Sol, a limited-access highway that will connect Bogotá, the Magdalena River valley, and the Caribbean coastal cities of Barranquilla and Cartagena.  The massive project, said to be the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1179&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bidders Announced For Ruta Del Sol Concessions [See Updated Post Announcing Winners]</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/10/28/bidders-announced-for-ruta-del-sol-concessions/</link>
		<comments>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/10/28/bidders-announced-for-ruta-del-sol-concessions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[UPDATE: Winners Announced For Ruta Del Sol Concessions] Cooperation is the name of the game in the Ruta Del Sol bidding process, apparently, as consortia dominated the concession bidding for each of the three segments of the massive highway project that will connect Bogota with the Caribbean coast near Barranquilla.  In a prior post on this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1044&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IFC Finances Buenaventura Port in $224M Deal, For US$1.88B Total In Colombia Since 2004</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/10/28/ifc-deals-in-colombia-october-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Bank&#8217;s private lending arm, the International Finance Corporation (&#8220;IFC&#8221;), announced earlier in October a large new transaction. The IFC has provided a combination of three different loan facilities totaling US$224M to finance the modernization and expansion of the Buenaventura Port on Colombia&#8217; Pacific coast, very close to Cali. The IFC has been very active in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=1026&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Regulation Enables Private Initiative PPPs</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/09/10/new-regulation-enables-private-initiative-ppps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Colombian government issued long awaited regulations to enable private initiative Public Private Partnerships, or PPPs, according to a recent report by Bogota lawyers Jorge Di Terlizzi jditerlizzi@prietocarrizosa.com, Partner and César Barrero Berardinelli cesar.barrero@prietocarrizosa.com, Associate, of the firm of Prieto &#38; Carrizosa.  They say that the new regulations “pav[e] the way for new business opportunities in infrastructure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=856&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Stability Contracts Part II: Evaluating The Stability Contract Regime</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/07/25/legal-stability-contracts-part-ii-evaluating-the-stability-regime/</link>
		<comments>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/07/25/legal-stability-contracts-part-ii-evaluating-the-stability-regime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem is clear enough: attracting foreign direct investment, particularly medium and long term capital and infrastructure investment, is more difficult in environments that do not have a long-term history of stability that diminishes real and perceived national risk, political risk, and regulatory risk, among others. Firms are justifiably concerned about sinking substantial capital into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=742&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IFC Invests Big Money in Key Companies, Sectors In Colombia</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/06/16/the-top-ifc-financed-projects-and-companies-in-colombia-2005-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big chunk of the almost $4Bn now of annual capital inflows to Colombia comes from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector lending arm.   IFC is a very sophisticated financial party, with significant market expertise in Latin America and the rest of the world, and tremendous resources for performing diligence.  For [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=684&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which Colombian Companies Has The IFC Financed?</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/05/30/colombian-companies-projects-and-ownership-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 16:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The private sector lending and investing arm of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has been financing projects in Colombia at an increasing pace that reveals a lot about Colombia&#8217;s business sector. Information about Colombian firms and transactions in general is scattered around the web.  With one search on its very helpful website, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=621&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Highway System in Antioquia</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/05/14/mountain-highway-system-in-antioquia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming down the pike&#8230; The Mountain Highway System in Antioquia is a significant highway infrastructure plan.  Portafolio is reporting, and as I have learned through sources in Medellin&#8217;s Alcaldia (City Hall), that the plans are advancing. Specifically, the Colombian national electricity transmission utility company, Interconnection Electrica SA (ISA), is planning to fund much of the initial planning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=537&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ruta del Sol &#8211; The Bogota/Carribean Highway Is One of Latin America&#8217;s Largest Infrastructure Projects</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/04/05/ruta-del-sol-bogota-carribean-highway-one-of-latinlargest-infrastructure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Said to be second only to the Panama Canal expansion project, the infrastructure megaproject known as the &#8220;Ruta del Sol&#8221; or &#8220;Sun Road&#8221; has major financing in place, the project is approved, and was recently tendered for bids. This post takes a high-level look at the Ruta del Sol and asks what it will mean for future [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=179&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Take Increasing Interest In Colombia</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/04/02/chinese-take-increasing-interest-in-colombia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huang Zhilong from the Institute of Latin America, a think-tank that is part of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, says China will cautiously buy more Latin bonds, including IDB bonds, to support economic recovery and development efforts. Huang also said that China hopes to increase use of the Yuan to settle Sino-Latin debt, following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=125&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ashmore, Inverlink Win Management of New $500M Infrastructure Fund</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/03/29/new-500m-infrastructure-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latin Finance reports (subscription required, the report is partial without a subscription) that the Colombian government has selected a bid by Ashmore Investment and Inverlink as managers of an infrastructure fund created by the government and the IDB. Macquarie Capital is to be the technical advisor.  The winning bid was one of five submitted. Projects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&amp;blog=7145362&amp;post=54&amp;subd=colombialawbiz&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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