"First-ever Infrastructure Ranking of Latin American Countries".

Rankings: The Business Report[TM] Available December 22nd 2006

WASHINGTON -- CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in strategic infrastructure consulting, announced today the release of the first-ever infrastructure ranking of Latin American countries. "Our aim in ranking Latin American countries is two-fold: first, to give countries a chance to measure the quality and pricing of their infrastructure against Latin America and globally; and second, to provide business executives and policymakers with critical intelligence necessary for high-level decision-making," said Norman Anderson, CG/LA President & CEO.

'Rankings: Infrastructure Competitiveness in Latin America' assesses the infrastructure competitiveness of 23 countries, across four sectors, utilizing 37 separate variables. Chile ranked #1 overall in the hemisphere, and was also first in the quality and price of its transport and water/wastewater infrastructure. Chile invests 5-6% of GDP in infrastructure, and has done so for the last 10 years, whereas the rest of the region invests only an average of 1.5% of GDP in infrastructure. The total annual size of the Latin American infrastructure market is $35-$40 billion - a figure that under CG/LA's low scenario will rise by at least 20%/year over the next five years.

Mexico is the regional leader in the critical area of electricity infrastructure, but is significantly under-invested in other areas - finishing 5th overall, including 7th in transportation infrastructure, 17th in water/wastewater and 8th in digital infrastructure. 'Rankings' shows that infrastructure is a significant drag on the Mexican economy, and needs to be a central area of focus for the incoming Calderon government.

Trinidad & Tobago is the infrastructure revelation in the Rankings report, finishing 2nd overall, and 1st in the digital infrastructure category. The island has a very successful natural gas exporting business, and a high and growing per capita income (nearly $12,625 per person, 58% higher than per capita GDP runner-up Mexico). Trinidad & Tobago is re-investing export revenues in competitiveness-generating infrastructure.

The Rankings results are being published - in both Spanish & Portuguese - in AmericaEconomia's December / January issue. The English version of the Rankings report is available to the press at no charge, and is available to public and private sector executives for $95 from CG/LA Infrastructure's web store.

Rankings: The Business Report:

CG/LA has produced a business companion to the Rankings report - Rankings: The Business Report, focused on the intelligence and strategy needs of engineering, equipment and financial executives. "We want people to employ Rankings in developing their strategies and setting their goals for 2007 - whether in terms of equipment sales, investments or project 'wins.' The Business Report identifies spend by country in each of four sectors - transport, electricity, water/wastewater & digital infrastructure - for 2007, and picks the best (and worst) projects, companies and countries. "By providing decision-makers with bottom-line analyses of the State of Infrastructure in the region we're speeding up the planning process, and helping executives make good strategy, planning and targeting decisions."

Projects featured in The Business Report include the Trans-Andean Railroad through Chile and Argentina, the proposed and controversial Northeastern Pipeline through Bolivia providing gas to Argentina, and the Costa Rica Water Sector Modernization Program. The projects and companies have been selected from CG/LA's three proprietary knowledge bases that follow over 50,000 executive decision-makers, and also include project and company analyses.

CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, based in Washington DC, focuses on creating opportunity in the global infrastructure marketplace by assisting countries, regions, and companies to become increasingly competitive in areas of strategic advantage. The Business Report carries a pre-release price tag of $995 through Dec. 22nd, after which the cost rises to $1,495.

For more information on Rankings: The Business Report, contact Alex Shtogren at 202.776.0990 or [e-mail]. For more information, visit:

www.cg-la.com or www.cg-la.com/rankings.htm