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Fight Over Venezuelan Oil Highlights Shadowy International Legal System

Trump said the socialist government “stole” from American oil companies. Those firms have been seeking billions in compensation through a controversial arbitration system.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

 ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance speaks during a meeting about Venezuela with President Donald Trump and other oil executives at the White House on Friday. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Donald Moncayo, president of the Union of Peoples Affected by Chevron-Texaco, walks toward a gas flare in the Ecuadorian Amazon region. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

Latest Twist in Chevron’s Amazon Pollution Saga: Ecuador Ordered to Pay the Oil Company $220 Million

By Katie Surma
People do chores near the Rancheria River, which runs adjacent to the Cerrejon coal mine in Colombia. The Swiss mining giant Glencore has filed multiple ISDS claims against Colombia related to its investment in the mine. Credit: Lis Mary Machado/Anadolu via Getty Images

Biden Administration Reaches Deal Limiting Controversial Protections for Multinational Corporations

By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
A view of the small Arctic town of Narsaq in southern Greenland, where Greenland Minerals arrived in 2007. Credit: Martin Zwick/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

How to Buy a Piece of a Lawsuit and Impoverish a Country

By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz

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