( February 13, 2026, 11:34 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge denied the Republic of Guatemala’s motion to dismiss a petition to confirm an arbitral award worth more than $37 million against it for terminating a road construction contract and rebuffed Guatemala’s challenges to jurisdiction, writing that the “purpose and structure” of international arbitration conventions and their implementing statutes establishes that they apply to U.S. enforcement of arbitral awards for foreign disputes against foreign sovereigns....