liquidar

Si VAOP se hubiera declarado insolvente y se hubieran liquidado sus activos, las autoridades locales no habrían podido recuperar gran parte de sus créditos.	If VAOP had become insolvent and its assets had been liquidated, the local authorities would have been unable to recover a large part of their claims.
Sin embargo, los trabajadores en condiciones de servidumbre no podían dejar a su empleador hasta que hubieran liquidado sus deudas, con lo cual se veían obligados a trabajar por una remuneración escasa o inexistente en condiciones extremadamente duras, a menudo durante muchos años, según ASI.	However, bonded labourers cannot leave their employer until their debt is paid and thus are forced to work for little or no pay in extremely harsh conditions, often for many years, according to ASI.
Era sorprendente que solo se hubiera pretendido justificar las alegaciones con especulaciones teóricas, que no correspondían a la realidad del comercio, y que no se hubieran aportado pruebas concretas de operaciones de importación donde se hubieran liquidado derechos por encima del 35 por ciento.	It was surprising that the attempt to justify the allegations had been based solely on theoretical speculation which did not correspond to the realities of trade and that no concrete evidence had been provided of import operations in which duties in excess of 35 per cent had been assessed.