ARGENPRESS | 4-sep-2004
Ponencia presentada en el III Congreso Internacional - Derechos y Garantías en el Siglo XXI. Asociación de Abogados de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, 8, 9 y 10 de setiembre de 2004. Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires.
| 25-ago-2004
The Big Food Group which owns the Iceland chain of food stores, has abandoned its more than 12M pounds sterling claim against Guyana for the nationalisation of the sugar industry 27 years ago.
Bilateral investment agreements: Agents of new global standards for the protection of intellectual property rights? | 5-ago-2004
Developing countries have entered into a large number of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) as well as free trade agreements (FTAs) that include explicit obligations for the protection of intellectual property rights as "investments".
Vannessa drops all Las Cristinas Venezuelan appeals | 2-ago-2004
In order to meet the requirements to submit its Las Cristanas dispute to international arbitration, junior explorationist Vanessa Ventures [VV] of Calgary, Alberta, has dropped five appeals to Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice.
| 13-jul-2004
Occidental Petroleum Corporation said today that a tribunal of international arbitrators formed under the US-Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty has issued its unanimous decision awarding approximately $75 million as compensation for value added tax (VAT) refunds from the company’s Block 15 operations in Ecuador that were deemed wrongfully withheld by the Government of Ecuador through December 31, 2003.
| 31-may-2004
The attached letter, pressuring Costa Rica to resolve two disputes in favour of US investors, has been denounced as a blackmail by local activists.
MTD Capital wins case against Chile | 28-may-2004
MTD Capital Bhd has won in its legal dispute against the government of Chile in respect of its investment in a housing project in the country.
ALCA/IIRSA, Plan Colombia y el Eje de Desarrollo Occidental | 11-may-2004
El Tratado de Libre Comercio para América del Norte (TLCAN, enero 1994), el Área de Libre Comercio para las Américas (ALCA, diciembre 1994), el Plan Colombia (1999), la Integración de la Infraestructura Regional Suramericana (IIRSA, septiembre 2000) y el Plan Puebla Panamá (PPP, marzo 2001) son distintos elementos estructurantes de la política hegemónica de los Estados Unidos para las Américas y el Caribe.
ALCA/IIRSA, Plan Colombia y el Eje de Desarrollo Occidental | 11-may-2004
The North American Free Trade Treaty (NAFTA, Jan 1994), the Free Trade Area for the Americas (FTAAs, December 1994), Plan Colombia (1999), the Regional Integration of Infrastructure in South America (RIISA, September 2000) and the Plan Puebla Panamá (PPP, March 2001) are the building blocks of the US hegemonic policy for the Americas and the Caribbean.
| 18-abr-2004
After the highest court in Massachusetts ruled against a Canadian real estate company and after the United State Supreme Court declined to hear its appeal, the company’s day in court was over.