the prac- tical equivalent of a suit against the sover- eign directly’”™ Bryks v. Canadian Broad. Corp. 906 F.Supp. 204, 210 (S.D.N.Y.1995) (quoting Chuidian v. Phil- ippine Natl Bank, 912 F.2d 1095, 1101 (9th Cir.1990) (“Nowhere in the text or legislative history does Congress state that individuals are n