Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Argentina Orders It's Sailors Home As Navy Ship Remians Impounded In A Ghana Port


Argentina Orders Crew To Quit Libertad Ship Held In Ghana -- The Guardian

Governments in tense talks over court ruling that would allow vulture fund to sell frigate unless Argentina settles $370m debt

Crew members on the Argentinian naval ship ARA Libertad, which has been impounded in the port of Tema in Ghana, have been ordered to fly home as the diplomatic crisis over the vessel's future looks set to intensify.

The 281 crew members – from Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Suriname, Venezuela, Uruguay and Chile, as well as Argentina – will return to Buenos Aires on a chartered Air France flight on Wednesday, while the most senior officers and a skeleton crew will remain on board.

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More News On The Impounded Argentine Naval Ship Libertad

Argentine sailors stuck in Ghana long for home
-- AFP
Argentina Is Evacuating A Navy Ship Seized In Ghana By A Hedge Fund
-- Business Insider/AP
Argentina in diplomatic offensive at U.N. over seized ship -- Reuters
Abandon ship!’: crew ordered to leave Libertad -- Buenos Aires Herald
Why A Hedge Fund Seized An Argentine Navy Ship In Ghana -- Jacob Goldstein, NPR

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