expropriation
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District Judge Loretta Preska, who determined that two YPF shareholders were owed compensation for the 2012 expropriation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
In the expropriation, the Argentine state took over 51 percent of YPF, which at the time was partially controlled by the Spanish energy giant Repsol.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Refineries and other assets of foreign companies were seized; the government paid Exxon, Mobil, Gulf and Shell $1 billion each for the expropriation, well below the value of their holdings.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
South Africa has previously said that Trump has misunderstood the country's new land expropriation act.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
Kropotkin wishes first of all a general expropriation, and then each person is to have what he likes.
From Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Zenker, Ernst Viktor
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