Abstract

Latin America was one of the first regions to conquer its political independence at the beginning of the 19th century. Since then, these countries have been struggling for their economic sovereignty against colonialism and had developed their own legal doctrines of international law and their relation with foreign investors. The Bello, Calvo, and Drago doctrines, later the Pan American conferences, which developed a fruitful set of international norms in public and private international law, the Mexican Revolution as a symbol for nationalization and promotion for development, and the ...