expropriation
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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
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
It proposes to address hierarchical orders, social rank, slavery, colonialism, expropriation and the interweaving of mind and body, matter and spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
They want the government to ensure that when the expropriation takes place, the indemnification payment is distributed amongst all residents and former residents.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
The history of this expropriation, differing in various countries, has the classic form only in England.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
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