Venezuela
Jacobin Lat | 11-Mar-2026
Los sucesos de los últimos meses en Bolivia, Ecuador y Venezuela deben ser leídos como un intento por instalar un modelo de disciplina fiscal, contractual y social. Reflejan la vuelta a la «seguridad jurídica» que exigen los inversores en un contexto de consolidación de la matriz extractivista y cierre definitivo del ciclo de los industrialismos desarrollistas.
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Venezuela
Inside Climate News | 14-Jan-2026
Trump said the socialist government “stole” from American oil companies. Those firms have been seeking billions in compensation through a controversial arbitration system.
Ulpiano | 7-Jan-2026
If the Venezuela experience is any indication, denouncing the ICSID Convention by itself will not provide much satisfaction.
Jacobin | 7-Jan-2026
Before Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, corporations filed lawsuits against Venezuela seeking damages tied to state nationalization, international sanctions, and political instability. A Trump-installed government could tilt the courts in their favor.
Naked Capitalism | 7-Jan-2026
The US oilfield services company Halliburton quietly filed a suit against Venezuela at the World Bank’s international arbitration court, ICSID.
Global Development Policy Center | 12-Nov-2025
The protection of the Amazon is a central theme of the COP30 in Belém, Brazil. However, efforts to ensure that the Amazon is defended are at risk of instead being defunded—by investor-state dispute settlement.
Newsday | 28-May-2025
US oil giant ConocoPhillips has been permitted to register an over US$10 billion arbitration award against Venezuela in Trinidad and Tobago for the expropriation of its oil assets by the South American country nearly two decades ago.
PR Newswire | 6-Mar-2025
The arbitration arises from Venezuela’s measures that deprived GR Mining of its rights to, and materially damaged its investment in, the multi-billion-dollar Siembra Minera mining project located in Venezuela.
Gold Reserve | 25-Feb-2025
On February 20, 2025, the Lisbon Court of Appeal issued an Order granting Gold Reserve’s application to confirm the award in Portugal.
Venezuelanalysis | 27-Jan-2025
The US oil giant has launched multiple efforts to collect international arbitration awards against the Caribbean nation.
