Whole speech...important to see where they are going with this. Sorry no punctuation. From what I can understand, it looks like they will be contracting out the recovery.
We met in our beautiful city of cartagena to discuss a topic of the greatest importance for the country the theme of the galleon san josé heritage of all Colombians in December 2015 and announced to the world that after more than three centuries of search three Centuries a group of underwater scientists and archaeologists with the participation of our glorious national navy made the greatest there is some underwater heritage of mankind to find the galleon san josé the discovery of this ship one of the most important if not the most Which sailed our seas in colonial times began a new chapter in cultural and scientific history not only here in Colombia but throughout the world the galleon san jose met on the night of June 8, 1708 after facing an English fleet And there are more than 309 years in which their secrets have remained at the bottom of the sea but this will not be for long thanks to a task in the That we have embarked that must be pride for all Colombians tell us the experts that the scientific challenge we have assumed is one of the most ambitious in history and I am not exaggerating anyone in the world no one has proposed a scientific intervention this morning virtue An archaeological excavation so complete and to this depth protect the cultural heritage of Colombia in all spheres and in all places of the country has been since the first day is and will remain a priority for this government a priority should be for all Colombians the country Has for more than 40 years trying to carry out legislation on its cultural heritage submerged since well Colombia has today the submerged cultural heritage law whose approval we did not achieve in 2013 and that is the appropriate regulatory framework to protect for protection for knowledge for The disclosure of their heritage submerged our commitment to heritage Scientist is supported in the investment in scientific research and is a commitment that includes the technical human and financial requirements necessary to fulfill this national challenge in this law that we have already regulated and is regulated the mechanisms that today allow us to access the Resources and also to the technology very high technology necessary for the recovery of the galleon with something very important always prioritizing always its patrimonial value with which resources we are going to recover the galleon will be resources that are obtained through a figure that has been denominated public public association App with which to advance the exploration scientific intervention conservation and something also very important the dissemination of these cultural assets and today I can announce to the Colombians and the whole world that after more than two years of careful structuring we already have a Proposal that complies with the
The highest technological and financial scientific standards required for the knowledge of the cultural heritage is an investor who welcomes our conditions and also guarantees a process that is totally respectful of the historical and patrimonial values of Galleon an investor who is willing to hire the World's best for this mission a truly world-wide selection of excellence from underwater archaeologists oceana europa voice the most recognized company in marine construction of naval architects and a great team of robotic engineers who participated in the exploration and that now people of that quality will be
Contracted for the recovery of this heritage an investor who will allow us to obtain and develop the technology necessary for the rescue of this shipwreck a technology that often has to be made to measure because this had never been explored what said to these depths never be he has
And the public public alliance has already been officially eradicated and next July 14 will be held here in Cartagena the public hearing that will be attended by all stakeholders this has been a long and complex process that we have replaced with success thanks to the leadership of Our beloved minister of Marian culture Garces to her legal team to the technical and scientific support of the Colombian institute of anthropology and history headed by its director Dr. ernesto montenegro
I must also emphasize the support and commitment of this great institution that I always I say that I have the immense honor of having belonged and the national alarm that today commands the admiral the restaurant as well as the general maritime direction in charge of the rear admiral paulo will also have to thank the work of the chancery and of course of the commission of shipwrecked antiques and Especially a person who from heaven should be looking at us Oy applauding when angel Prieto who dedicated his whole life to this subject was present and I remember his emotion very well when we discovered the galleon and it has helped us a lot because he was a great lawyer in the defense of the state I am sure he is watching us clapping and smiling is Very much what the galleon san josé can tell Colombia and the world about our economic history on our social and cultural history there is much material that will be studied analyzed by all experts and where we draw conclusions very important many questions about Navigation and commerce of the time the operation of the colonial model will find answers after this investigation so on behalf of all Colombians of the 49 million Colombians I want to congratulate all those who have participated in this effort to recover our heritage Cultural and for that great work they are doing and will continue to do To take this process to a good place now we are going to give way to a conversation that we will have to explain in more detail aspects of this process so interesting and so full of anecdotes full of history and perhaps one of the adventures of the most important efforts That we have done the Colombians thank you very well and Mr. President thank you very much for your words and as announced by the president has already begun this discussion on the progress in the process of research exploration and dissemination of the galleon san josé so Mr. President again you have the Word values as the admirals know very well are boats with multiple or purposes used for transport for cargo and for war that on May 28, 708 the galleon san josé harpo from portobelo panamá course towards cartagena 11 days lasted the crossing And when it was about to enter the port of cartagena was confronted by a few boats a f British British auctioneer run by a commodore whose name is or was charles traces the later came to tell a very interesting story around this dining room faced the battle was inevitable and after the exchange of artillery the galleon san jose went to the bottom of the sea On the night of June 8, 1708 much has been written has been researched here is a cartagenero who has done a great research on the galleon rodolfo segovia say that the survivors were not more than 10 some say that 68 64 were not more than 10 this find this finding of the galleon of a historical news that involves many cultural challenges of a scientific character the enormous challenges and we are also innovating because the model of the applications the versions of public private alliances that allows us to develop a scientific project of this Magnitude is really an innovation and my first question to the Minister tell me how it was structurally Turó this app and that comes now have four the step to follow good president can be very good day for all and thank you very much the truth is that we work with an interdisciplinary team as we all know the app is more than anything intended for infrastructure works to do Roads to make bridges in our country without embarkation when under his direction we were initiating in the congress of the republic the subject of the submerged patrimony law we were very clear that the resources that are required for this type of investigations are enormous and that never the Colombian institute of anthropology history nor the ministry of culture and the national army and the presidency of the republic and they will have those resources to advance those processes that, as you have said, are of extremely high complexity without you, that is why the congress of the republic Approved as one of the possibilities for underwater explorations the mechanism of the app is deci The Colombian state in this referred to pp is running a risk all at risk all the investment is in charge of the investment and the challenge was to understand all the ministry of culture planning making the app also important for another Type of procedures other than infrastructure works we believe that this app that we have been made complies with everything they say the idea pp and with all that establishes the law of cultural heritage submerged is as
today that mechanism proves to be very efficient For explorations of very high scientific content of very high cost for Colombia and that this risk does not basically assume an investment thanks to the journalists my colleagues are going to ask many questions but there are things that due to the reservation we can only mention when the contract is signed, ie when
The process of the app finishes for example the identity the originator can not divulge the identity of the members of the Scientific team also can not divulge how 10 were the best in the whole world because the originator what he did was I did for the whole world choosing the best naval architect the best archaeologists in the best technology to be able to read the end floor but you can not tell
Who were they can not divulge the value of the proposed investment nor the network the compensation that contains the proposal can not be divulged part reservation the coordinates of the site where the heat was by law prohibits us we can not reveal the identity of the computer but they I can tell that all the weight with the work of an underwater archaeologist who has been studying the galleon for more than 40 years where the story could be the galleon and found a cartagena document and its surroundings was found in him the library of the congress of the united states Washington had prepared that document by a Spanish spy who was at the service of the English and Prayed years after the sinking of the galleon this gentleman was looking for a long time and I thought it was an individual like so many who was looking for the treasures and not the way for hours and finally practically dry lochte at a reception that made our nations embassy United in the year ancestor in the visit that the meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations and there I located and showed me a map said look this map I discovered it I have been looking for this galleon for 40 years studying the galleon and explained the series Of map features because it was a totally new map that said there were low and low that was not even on any other map and that's why he knew where the galleon could be I found it very convincing and then I told him that I'm going to give more Clues but to give it to our minister of culture here in Colombia I was in New York and I asked the mass to meet with this gentleman then the minister A met also with Dr. montenegro why you do not tell us a bit of that meeting without identifying the originator or archaeologist I think it is interesting and good yes the truth that I did receive that instruction of the president of the republic came this Archaeologist to my office with the copy of the map that has been given to Mr. President met with me for several hours and my office the truth that many people were saying saying I am sure I know where the galleon san jose is and from The law that had such intentions could make a request to the ministry of culture to be approved a first phase that contemplates the law that is the possibility of exploring however we were very careful in making those decisions and receiving that information as it says The president came very well documented with some studies where he said that he had been on the subject for 40 years and explained one and It is a complex scientific issue and I asked the minister montenegro that already officiated as director of the ICAN who received it and that he will try to understand given that he is the Colombian expert in cultural heritage submerged if what this gentleman was not manifesting because he had some Scientific handle and if we could continue with that process of being ready met him for the first time as for three hours before he passed the word to the doctor montenegro because he does not tell us who the author is not having as it arrived rican good the doctor montenegro Took to the Iicann and in his government the president and fabián sanabria that was director of the icane at that moment we had the necessity given that we are dealing with the law of cultural heritage submerged that had many opposition and the truth is that always we were attributed that we did not have The intention to do scientific research and protect the heritage, but what we had was exclusively in Against galleons to benefit from the treasures that were hidden and has always been done as much as we said rambling about the amount of galleons that are in our waters are not as many as is said and neither are so many who carry three golds and in that search as the Director of the icane that moment I knew neither psoe do not look I know Colombian who is on the outside who takes many years on the outside that has done many doctorates that has studied history in the sorbona that is expert in cultural heritage submerged that has postgraduate in the subject in Spain And I think it could help us a lot I went and I told you abstentions another range is the brain played and that's why it came to montenegro ali khan help us and that really has been very very important in all this process both in the conception and discussion of the Law as in all his scientific contributions so that it is possible typical that lead him to believe in the hypothesis of the investigator because we were all Very skeptical of the chancellor morgado and why because they are going to believe him and the others I do not think that with reason also also because it was the same thing that I thought that the culture minister thought to you what was what led him to believe the map Is the most graphic representation of one of a location of course but the researcher took several years as mentioned work on this subject above all we have today in Colombia have been the contributions made from the first moment we talked and those who have been working In the following years with more than a thousand folios relating to the high Joseph we know exactly and from that moment he put at the disposal of Colombia as historical information that has been compiled for many years more than four decades in effect of specific work and that have Have been confronted with the technical and scientific possibilities that we have today of their historical data that we have since the inic Io of the 18th century today we can confront them with the meteorological records we have today we have the ability to understand what the climatic dynamics have been the sea currents the winds that have happened and what is the general average for any 8 June and through that We can understand what have been the variations and what is the description that the sailors make in the historical data of falling the wind to enter the breeze to have specific directions of how they will live at some point and to where they had reached to sail when they made the decision in The san jose to turn towards the northwest after that decision are those data that have allowed to understand which was the direction what was the speed that took that had the boat and which is the polygon more or less near that just can be relax with He with the map with which he had his first encounter with the kings and with that information to begin the search we started An ecological research unprecedented in the country ah and as I told you participated experts from all over the world archeologists historians marine engineers we use very sophisticated submarines a state-of-the-art vehicle equipped with sonar cameras and other exploration instruments was an expert who participated in the operations of Find the titanic or here in search of the galleon and after several weeks and millions of photographs a call not maria caught the attention you know that when we knew that one of those photographs was reporting in San Jose after it became art Multiple and thousands of photographs were taken after the sonar analysis but when we saw the photos that are about what we defined as the galleon san josé we started to see a series of trucks distributed in the background in a normal way as a bombing on the way In the background forming an archaeological site clearly And that distributes the guns side and side and also we could see the guns without marine concretions that is to say they are not mainly of iron but they are of a different metal that does not allow those concretions when we identified them were clearly the guns guns of bronze that did not do Part of all the ships of the time only some ships were armed with bronze artillery and the pit will be one of them and in the Colombian waters we will only find the set pit with completely guns with bronze guns by the guns and a set of elements That are around the bottles a series of topics that did not show that it was a two-dimensional boat but when we started to analyze the trucks had the specific enzymes we know the record of each of the guns and that will allow us to say without any Doubt that it was the galleon san josé and much has been said about the content of the galleon treasure That took then that they were waiting years to be able to send those treasures that will leave for Spain that another departure for the papa after the studies and the meetings with experts you what you can say that it is calculated because everything is a speculation everything is a speculation say That a one number that I have mentioned a lot 10 million objects each glass each bar is an object tell us your right as it came to that calculation and and that has been found in the explorations made so far president the calculations we have in any case are Approximate we could not say in a reliable way that exists a certain number objects however according to the volume of the one of the archaeological site we can calculate that the quantity of objects and we name them one by one can be of about 10 million objects of those 10 million Objects most objects are part of the structure of the structure of the boat are part of the dot Action of the ship of the goods that of the people who were in the ship of the artillery and the cargo of course then individualizing the objects that the procedure that we have followed up to now and that will continue doing we will have around the 10 million individualized objects Between the goods of the cargo the goods of the individuals the ship's crew and the constituent elements of the ship and the rescue work that we are going to carry forward requires human and and scientific and technological equipment to work in conditions that are impossible for a A human being must create specially made tools for this work that acts as the hands of archaeologists for example to extract the pieces and do not spoil the ministers that obligations will have the dealer in front of the recovery of the remains of good lion there What is established is a president protocol where each of these objects will be classified we have Also all security measures are three rings of security and each one will be classified with its recorded video record so that it can be tracked not only by the stand of the culture ministry of the presidency of the republic of the national council of Heritage of the commission of antiques castaway but also a citizen watch because one of the obligations of the apps is the disclosure of all that material that will be properly registered and custody that will let Colombia breathe I think it will leave A great experience in immersed cultural heritage a very special endowment beyond ours and our departure before him and the whole naval base of cartagena batear endowed with a great laboratory that will allow him to follow exploration processes that will also allow him to render those services to the rest of the World and teams and a great experience to the Colombian teams that will participate of that mission As suggested by the appetite of 50% of the team that will be accompanying these effects is personal colombia will take what has been the role of the resign here thank you very much Mr. President first of all to point out that we have completed all this process for the time Already explained following the guidelines and in a coordinated work with the national navy dívar has worked basically in three important aspects the first one is the scientific work and of technical support to the investigations as it indicated in the beginning all the previous work of the column of water To determine exactly what are the physical characteristics of the water column the depth of the bathymetry pressure the temperature the direction of the current of the winds all that work of the hand with culture allowed to establish the area and to punctuate the information so that Then came the specialized firm to do the work in maximum specific form s Second aspect in which he has participated directly in the legal accompaniment and in the protection of the meat custody knowing the importance of this type of information that represents for the country accompanied all claims claims to shared the whole formulation of the new law that The President pointed out that he allows us to give us some tools then he has always been on hand with invoice and lastly Mr. President my mother's work has to do with primary integral maritime safety is the one that controls regulates the operation of international ships of Specialized boats to operate in Colombian waters and verifies that it complies with all the international standard and also makes available to the technicians our experts on board to verify the work that is doing on the platform is the one that is ordered the appetite basically two thousand Pesetas thanks to the great navy is guaranteeing the safety in the S zones like how it operated in that sense that will close nothing in the safety of this whole operation since the father but it will always be a privilege to return here to cartagena the house of the navy the main part of the navy let me tell you before a Anecdote if the president were not young cadets and young officers three decades ago or more our history teachers said pointing fingers some of you will have the privilege of treating the galleon to find it and put it for humanity today we have here recognize the merit We always correspond to the moment and we believe that this is this expected historical moment for humanity and for Colombia in terms of security procedure which means the cultural and historical heritage her husband of Colombians the interests of Colombians in Colombian waters the navy has Mainly two security schemes do not feel one that already started to work a long time ago Years from an area that we know from history that there have been naval battles of history that we have protected and with much more emphasis from the moment that was actually found the position of San Jose this takes about a year And half where we are permanently doing a surveillance according to our constitution what we have planes and submarines and to have a figure in the last two years we have made the order of 200 operations that has to do with national sovereignty in the waters where this is And we hope there will be other old shipwrecks with cultural heritage and particularly for the operation for the maritime campaign when the company already formally comes and afp we also have a much more rigorous scheme as much or more that is offered to the companies of silver for the companies Offshore platforms exploration companies is an operation that has very important risks we are prep Plows the navy for decades has been studying the waters of the Caribbean Sea making mathematical models of circulation of wind currents we will support not only in the field of safety to avoid any attempt any threat we are going to prevent we will control and neutralize it Also to support with our equipment and our ships from the underwater air surface the life of the investigators of the seafarers but navigator in the protection of human life embargo we hope that this is an operation to show the world an operation that will arrive that marked A milestone in the history of our country and that is a totally successful maritime campaign 77 thanks to the front and middle mayors who do not discard the museum as announced from the beginning the museum of the galleon san jose will be here in cartagena is not going to be a museum and All make a really important museum very important museum is also as part of the And we are going to make a model country in marine exploration with the best technology respecting the scientific and patrimonial values of the contribution to the academic part of the real navy to my alma mater his for the c2 naval school today and the naval school Being of the best school in Latin America the quality of its laboratories what we have invested in these tools so important for the investigation but with this the contribution will be immense then the distance between our our naval school with the other naval schools will be Is going to enlarge in a very very important way that it is a legacy also to the scientific part of the armh up of great of great relevance and it was not for account the cartagena has been epicenter of the history several times it was by account of the galleon san jose in 1708 which has a wonderful story that will tell us very briefly told them that the galleon came for more for Cartagena and on Fridays the Admiral Co Modoro charles or they that was in 1708 in 1733 in itself as roig argüello was promoted to the first lord of the admiralty the British empire that is as as the national mob does it while the commander larva and in 1741 that same like gold sent to the admiral vernon To take cartagena that he was the jewel of the crown the most important that there was in all the americas there was or port more important in all America where we are today cartagena sent a fleet of 186 once with more than 23 thousand men even collected Several thousand soldiers and officers in the United States in Virginia and among those who came from the United States was the elder brother of George Washington the hero of American independence because such a fleet came to be taken Cartagena and history said that if they managed to penetrate the bay That is to say cross girl mouth that they took cartagena and effectively 186 ships bombarding tkaczyk to finally entered to mouth small to the bay ye I will send a ballot back to inform King George the second that they have taken Cartagena, but those Britons had no idea who they are going to find and I am going to fight and after several months against four thousand men they last more 6 once it finally hit them To return the illnesses could not be taken the castle san felipe cannon shot or England suffered what many historians say the worst naval defeat of its history here in cartagena against a hero that is here blatter that and this was that battle that was many years Afterwards and returned the embarrassment of the king who had even coined coins was such that he prohibited that will be spoken about that operation the greater shame because when the schooner arrived in London and that they have taken cartagena that was of jubilation that they have taken cartagena and if it is They would have taken cartagena here we would not be speaking Spanish but speaking English is the truth then when what happened happened Embarrassed of what was not spoken of the subject that erases of the history any reference to that operation failed but in my return the greater brother of george washington caba alexander washington returned of his brother taught him what the admiral vernon has taught him Because he grabbed him as his personal assistant and resigned himself to his younger brother who was also very important for the triumph of the Americans in their wars of independence and when the elder brother alexander washington died of a disease that he caught here in the bay of cartagena le pusieron al sitio donde vivía washington mouse montes vernon en honor al almirante vernon es una historia maravillosa lindísima que rodea todo esto el galeón que tiene mucho que ver pues con la historia de cartagena la historia el patrimonio cultural que está en nuestro territorio nos pertenece a los colombianos y no es objeto de comercio los colombianos pueden estar seguros de que vamos a custodiarand preserve this heritage that is so representative not only for Colombia but for all humanity onwards and on the galleon and throughout Colombia sell only positive news and I want to conclude by calling on Colombians to Colombian need reasons to join reasons for you open up when the Colombia team plays all Colombia joins around the Colombia selection here we have a wonderful country a wonderful country where I saw good are opinions not principles now that we reconcile its principles with the guerrillas of the FARC and we take this step towards peace should find many more reasons to pull together all our country we all want the best for our country we all want the best for our children there are different opinions on how to get itwe consider the best but find reasons to join us this is one reason victim make this adventure the recovery n galleon with the most important treasure of humanity one more reason for Colombians to unite us and applaud the success of our purposes of our adventures so I also attach great importance to this galleon we close with a video about this day and Cartagena here come here come to many people because really this is something historic historical to Cartagena Colombia and humanity thank you very much [Applause] more than 300 years after its collapse in Colombian waters an interdisciplinary group of scientists conducted the recognition of the archaeological site where the galleon San Jose the ship submerged most important of the Spanish armada isduring the colonial period in the operation involved a specialist to conduct scientific research in deep water boat Colombian state solved one of the mysteries of the underwater cultural heritage more important in history recognition and excavation of an archaeological site located in deep water a very complex scientific operation to perform it is necessary to have the latest technology of remote operation technology used allows to achieve real-time images of the seabed identify the nature of the different objects that there are found to obtain information structures in the subsoil and make thousands of photographs to develop 3D reconstruction archaeological site the aim of the joint work of scientists is to identifyfeatures archaeological site taking into account aspects such as the location of the vessel conditions timber distribution of objects on the surface in the basement and the general properties of the marine environment analysis of this information so n determinant in setting and design accurate method developed later r digging in the bottom of the Caribbean sea galleon and all its cargo is the official burden and smuggling weapons of tinajas boat tableware and as many pieces as estimated by researchers can reach be about 10 million objects also invaluable cultural and historical value of each of these parts excavation of the archaeological site will enable archaeologists and historians elucidate some of the enigmas inabout the sinking of the ship the excavation and conservation of san galleon find Jose is a great scientific challenge that will mark a before and after in the national underwater archeology is a unique opportunity to showcase the capabilities that the country in terms of management protection and disclosure the cultural heritage of the nation is the opportunity to show how archeology contributes to the development and recognition of our societiescontribute to the development and recognition of our societiescontribute to the development and recognition 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