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Treaties protecting investors: CAFTA-DR and BITs

Dossier
The legal framework for foreign investment02-marco-legal.md
Domain
Arbitration and investor protectionlegal-arbitraje
Room
Law/ley
Audited
Audited

CAFTA-DR has been in force for Guatemala since 1 July 2006 (a date corroborated in the audit of 2026-08-19) and its chapter 10 (investment) has been the basis of most of the claims against the State (RDC, TECO, Kappes). The Spain-Guatemala BIT (2002) was the basis of the two Iberdrola cases; the IC Power and GEB/TRECSA cases invoke instruments with Israel and Colombia whose exact identification is flagged for confirmation. The total number of BITs in force was not obtained: the UNCTAD navigator returned a 403 error when queried and the count must be done by hand. UNCTAD also lists a 'Guatemala – United States ART (2026)' whose nature and status were not identified.

The research is written in English; quoted figures, source names and the titles of legal instruments stay in the language their source published them in.

Figures

CAFTA-DR in force for GuatemalaWikipedia/es (corroborado en auditoría)
1 July 20062006
Spain-Guatemala BITitalaw
20022002

Caveat

count of BITs in force not obtained (403); the IC Power and GEB/TRECSA treaties still to be confirmed; the 'ART 2026' instrument unidentified

Sources

Organizations named in the answer

  • UNCTADWorld Investment Report 2025 (PR/2025/009): FDI into Latin America and the Caribbean fell 12% in 2024 to US$164,000 million; Central America grew modestly, with Mexico in the lead on manufacturing; proposed as a co-feed for benchmark_fdi_inflowsMultilateral

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