Legal Protection
of Submarine Cables in Latin America Since early 2008, Telefónica International Wholesale Services (TIWS) has been engaged in a plan designed to improve the legal framework protecting submarine cables in many Latin American countries. Despite laws to dissuade this, local fisherman caused serious cable cuts in Uruguay in 2007. The high market price of the catch was so substantial that they were willing to risk damaging cables, and applicable laws were not enough to prevent this. 29
by Andrés J. Fígoli Pacheco