Uruguayan navy ousts 13 Brazilian flagged fishing vessels from sovereign waters

Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:36 UTC

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The Uruguayan Navy and Coast Guard impeded 13 Brazilian flagged trawlers from entering sovereign waters to fish, according to an official release from the Presidency website Read full article

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GreekYoghurt
That looks like militarisation of the South Atlantic to me. Someone should be taking it to the UN with pictures of TV aerials as radars.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 07:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Teaboy2
To be fair the brazilian fisher men were breaking the law by fishing in Uruguays territorial waters. Sure they have the right to innocent passage but not to fish their without a license from the uruguayian fishing authorities.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 10:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GreekYoghurt
Putting a navy patrol vessel in the South Atlantic is clearly a breach of the Argentinian UN Statements on Militarising the South Atlantic though. Surely if a vessel moored up in Plymouth can be accused of militarising the South Atlantic, then a real navy boat, actually in the South Atlantic is far more guilty of militarising it and should be taken to the UN with a photo of a submarine out of the News of the World.
Feb 29th, 2012 - 12:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Well let's not forget that little Uruguay have managed to stop genuine illegal fishing WITHOUT whining or crying about it OR going to the UN!
Feb 29th, 2012 - 06:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
Once again the little guy, flexes his power,
It’s a funny old world .
Feb 29th, 2012 - 08:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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