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Argentine maritime workers ratify ‘random blockade’ of British vessels
It will take British vessels six hours to dock and six hours to leave port, promises union leader Omar Suárez The Argentine Confederation of Transportation Workers (CATT) ratified on Wednesday that it would randomly block British ships from docking on Argentine ports, in response to the UK’s refusal to negotiate the Malvinas Islands’ sovereignty.
The measure, they explained, will not affect all British ships but will be carried out “selectively and without notice,” and warned it could spread “all over Latin America.”
“This boycott will continue. It will take British ships six hours to dock and six hours to leave port. We will continue enacting this measure for an unspecified period of time,” the head of Maritime Workers, Omar Suárez, said.
He said, however, that they would ask for a meeting with Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman so these actions do not overlap with the ones being carried out by the Government via diplomatic channels.
“We want to meet with him so we can work together and avoid interfering with what they are doing at the UN,” he explained.
Suárez then said that the boycott would include British ships “as well as convenient ships,” which would include vessels from Georgia, Malta, Jamaica, Honduras, Sri Lanka and Bermuda.
He made these statements after leaving a CATT meeting led by Hugo Moyano.
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Read all commentsIn other words 'we have had it pointed out that if we actually do anything at all we will plunge both the country and ourselves into truly deep shit......deeper than at present.... so we won't be doing anything'
Feb 16th, 2012 - 05:33 am 0Amazing what a knock in the door in the middle of the night can achieve in Argentina.
Has this guy ever worked in his life or is he another lazy union leader who wants a gvt handout :-)
Feb 16th, 2012 - 07:45 am 0It shows that Argentina doesn't want to trade with the developed world. I'm sure there are millions of other people in other countries around the world who would like goods to be transported and delivered on British-registered ships. I suppose this is what you get when you get the unions running stuff. Oh well!
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