Legal Opinion
Government of Aruba v. Sanchez
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided August 9, 2002No. 01-830-CIVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.
I. Parties, Jurisdiction and Venue
1. Aruba is a foreign state as defined in 28 U.S.C. § 1603, located in the southern Caribbean approximately 12 miles off the coast of Venezuela. It has a population of about 100,000 people, who acquired separate political independence within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986. The Government of Aruba (“GOA”) has a parliamentary system of government, consisting of 21 elected representatives and seven Ministers. Parliament appoints the government, or Ministers, to govern the coun…
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