expropriation
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In some cases, debt repayments, tied to the expropriation of their assets two decades ago under Hugo Chávez, have yet to be resolved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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
“The Americans forced one of the most entrepreneurial countries on Earth into an expropriation lite,” says Dimitar Lilkov, a senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
In matters of expropriation, for example, the drastic procedure of the Housing and Town Planning Act has not been adopted in Ireland.
From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan
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