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FACH GOMEZ, Katia. Legal Obstacles to International Investments in Venezuela and Anti-Corruption Policy. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2017, vol.50, n.149, pp.707-724. ISSN 2448-4873.

This article begins by presenting some recent statistical data on rule of law, investment, and corruption in Venezuela. It focuses afterwards on analysing the 2014 Venezuelan Anti-Corruption Law, and it develops various arguments that may lead to question this Law’s real objectives from an international investment’s ‘perspective. The paper reflects on whether the current Venezuelan government might use this 2014 Anti-corruption law against foreign investors. The cataclysm that the country is currently experiencing does not bode well for international investments

Palavras-chave : Corruption; Venezuela; rule of law; foreign investment; investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS).