As we enter the latter part of 2026, eight months after the removal of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela is presenting foreign investors with an opportunity that has not existed in a generation. Sanctions relief is expanding, new mining and energy legislation
America’s Right to Kidnap
“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” (Thucydides)1)
On September 3, 2026, lawyers for Nicolás Maduro filed a motion asking a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss the narco-terrorism indictment against him,
Democratic constitutionalism and the end of class-based societies
For the Balkinization symposium on Mark Tushnet and Bojan Bugaric, Constitutionalism and Its Discontents (University of Chicago Press, 2026).Roberto Gargarella
For many years, I have followed the work of Mark
Tushnet with admiration. Lately, his contributions have been strengthened through
BRICS Chief Justices Forum Day 2: CJI Surya Kant calls bloc a living Nalanda, underscores imperative of timely justice
The second day of the BRICS Chief Justices’ Forum in New Delhi witnessed extensive deliberations on the evolving challenges confronting judicial institutions, with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant calling for sustained dialogue, principled disagreement and institutional cooperation among the
Thirty-Seven Sick, Thirty Hospitalized, Eleven Months of Illnesses: The Hepatitis A Clam Outbreak Nobody Talked About
There is an open multistate hepatitis A outbreak in this country linked to imported frozen clams, and unless you read outbreak pages for a living you have almost certainly never heard of it. As of September 3, 2026, CDC counts
E. coli O145:H28 in Frozen Organic Blueberries: 17 Sick in Florida and Georgia, and the Recall Now Reaches Walmart
Seventeen people in Florida and Georgia have been confirmed infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O145:H28 linked to frozen organic blueberries from Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. of San Carlos, Chile. Six have been hospitalized. No deaths have
OFAC Removes the US Governing-Law Condition from the Venezuela General Licenses and Issues New Authorizations Related to Telecommunications and Coal
Since August 21, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC“) has made a series of changes to the Venezuela-related general licenses (“GLs“) issued under the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 591 (“VSR“). OFAC
Transporte aéreo internacional, cancelación de vuelos y falta de restitución del precio
Transporte aéreo internacional, cancelación de vuelos
y falta de restitución del precio
1. Introducción y relevancia de la
decisión
La sentencia dictada por la Sala F de
la Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Comercial en autos «De Luca, Danilo
Frozen Blueberry E. coli Outbreak Update: 17 Sick, 6 Hospitalized in Florida and Georgia as Recall Expands to Walmart Great Value Triple Berry Blend
Quick answer: As of September 3, 2026, CDC counts 17 people infected with E. coli O145 after eating frozen organic blueberries from Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. of San Carlos, Chile. Thirteen live in Florida and four in Georgia; six
Ousted Venezuelan president Maduro and wife move to dismiss drug trafficking indictment on sovereign immunity grounds
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, filed separate motions Wednesday in Manhattan federal court seeking dismissal of the charges against them. Maduro argued that he remains Venezuela’s head of state for immunity purposes, notwithstanding the United