Here is an unofficial translation of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ complaint seeking recognition and enforcement of their Ecuadoran judgment in Brazil. In my last post on the case, I noted that both Brazil and Ecuador were parties to the Montevideo Convention, an OAS treaty that several South and Central American states have ratified. The Convention……

I was planning to take the rest of the week off, but I have a breaking story to report in the Lago Agrio case. The Lago Agrio plaintiffs have filed a second lawsuit seeking recognition and enforcement of their judgment, this time in the Superior Court of Justice (the Superior Tribunal de Justiça) in Brasilia.……