District Court, S.D. Florida August 9, 2002, 01-830-CIV (Government of Aruba v. Sanchez)

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

I.

Parties, Jurisdiction and Venue

1. Aruba is a foreign state as defined in 28 U.S.C. § 1603, located in the southern Caribbean approximately 12 miles off the coast of Venezuela. It has a population of about 100,000 people, who acquired separate political independence within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986.