Bolivia escapes bulk of treaty claim over silver mine

Tom Jones and Sebastian Perry

23 November 2018

Bolivian president Evo Morales congratulated his legal team on Twitter

A divided tribunal has found Bolivia liable for the expropriation of a silver mining concession while awarding the third-party funded claimant significantly less than the US$385 million it had sought – prompting a separate opinion by Chilean arbitrator Francisco Orrego Vicuña shortly before his death last month.

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Sebastian Perry