Peru and Bolivia also want their share of the gold found in Spanish galleon

Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 07:49 UTC

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The government of Peru announced it will join the dispute between US treasure-hunting company Odyssey Marine Exploration and Spanish authorities. The dispute involves 500 million US dollars in gold and silver coins rescued from a Spanish galleon off the coast of Portugal. Bolivia has also approached the Spanish government on the issue. Read full article

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Scott
If Spain or anyone else thanks the cargo is their's, why didn't they go recover it? It's not like the cargo was locked away in a valut. Maybe Odyssey should just give them the cargo, and charge them 600 million for a recovery fee.

Finders keepers.
Dec 30th, 2009 - 12:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Nicholas
It's simple, Spaniards were and are a bunch of feckless bums, in the past and today. They want everything for free, what was never theirs. Uhmm, sounds like a group of people in South America.
Dec 30th, 2009 - 10:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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