&gt; Well Columbia can likely be sued in a US court and they will have interests here as well. This is still one of the examples where governments simply rely on their existence and threat of action to violate agreements that they make or in this case, possibly steal.<p>SSA already sued Colombia in US courts twice and lost. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Spanish_galleon_San_Jos%C3%A9" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Spanish_galleon_San_Jos%C3%A9</a>