Sentence examples for * expropriation in from inspiring English sources

"There have been more protests against land expropriation in this one city than in many provinces.

With bricks and mortar investment in the mainland, western companies would risk expropriation in the event of a crisis.

But although the word conjures up the spectre of Zimbabwe's disastrous land grabs, expropriation in South Africa is not as harsh as it sounds.

It was Land Day, the anniversary of the 1976 protests against Israeli land expropriation in northern Israel in which six Israeli Arab citizens were killed in confrontations with Israeli security forces.

Nearly a century after the expropriation, in 1975, the US court of claims described the US government's conduct thus: "A more ripe and rank case of dishonorable dealings will never, in all probability, be found in our history".

In his usual style, Mr Chávez offhandedly slipped the announcement into the middle of a speech lasting several hours, which all radio and television stations were required to carry.Legally, before a company can be nationalised, the legislature must declare the expropriation "in the public interest", and the target is entitled to present a defence and receive fair and prompt compensation.

This led to large-scale land expropriations in Chinese cities, rampant pollution and a preference for state monopolies.

The Americas section also takes stock of a wave of expropriations in Venezuela, the Peruvian government's crackdown on wildcat miners and Mexico's booming film industry.

The impact of these suicides is impossible to measure, and there is scant evidence that the officials responsible for the land expropriations in these cases have been punished.

The Ponta government proposed last week a law that would give Gabriel Resources extraordinary powers, including the right to conduct expropriations in Rosia Montana.

Mr Jaua has been granted the power to sign expropriation decrees, in consultation with Mr Chávez.The opposition says that the country cannot be run from abroad.