Legal Opinion
Ricardo Devengoechea v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 10, 2018No. 16-16816PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judge:
Almost two-hundred years ago, on the island of Santa Marta in the Caribbean, General Simón Bolívar spent his last days at the home of his friend Joaquín de Mier. Through his relationship with Bolívar, de Mier obtained a treasure trove of Bolívar's possessions (the "Bolívar Collection").
Because some readers might not be as familiar with Bolívar as with, say President George Washington, we pause for a moment to briefly note Bolívar's enormous historic significance. Bolívar, who was born in 1783, was a contemporary of George Washington and was a founding father in South…
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