Tag: ARA Libertad evacuation

• Wednesday, April 20th 2016 - 07:10 UTC

  Macri pledges “no repeat of the 2012 situation” to Navy's training vessel 'Libertad'

  

  “You can set sail peacefully, because there will be no repeat of the 2012 situation”, president Mauricio Macri told officers, crew and cadets of the Navy's training tall ship Libertad that is ready to set off for the annual tour. Macri was referring to the incident in Ghana when the vessel was seized on an injunction request from one of the holdout funds litigating Argentina over defaulted bonds.

• Tuesday, October 30th 2012 - 07:30 UTC

  ARA Libertad retained in Ghana has cost Argentina almost 3m dollars

  

  The Argentine navy flagship ARA Libertad impounded in Ghana by US investment funds since 2 October has cost so far over 2.6 million dollars, half of which for the repatriation of the 281 cadets and crewmembers, according to Argentine naval and diplomatic sources quoted in the Buenos Aires media.

• Thursday, October 25th 2012 - 18:51 UTC

  Ghana port authorities want ARA Libertad moved to anchorage; Argentina refuses

  

  Ghanaian officials asked a judge Thursday to order the Argentine navy ship detained in the West African nation over a debt dispute to be moved because it was blocking valuable space at the port of Tema.

• Thursday, October 25th 2012 - 18:39 UTC

  ARA Libertad: Defence minister takes responsibility; Ghana embarrassed with the incident

  

  Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli took responsibility on Thursday for the fate of the navy training frigate Libertad, which continues to be impounded in Ghana. Meanwhile from Ghana a top official said the country was “embarrassed” with the whole incident.

• Thursday, October 25th 2012 - 06:28 UTC

  Argentine seamen are back in Buenos Aires; small group remains in Ghana

  

  After three weeks retained in Ghana, members of the crew and cadets from the Argentine Navy training vessel ARA Libertad arrived past midnight Wednesday to Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires where relatives and media were waiting.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 06:38 UTC

  ARA Libertad: Argentine president pledges to never yield to ‘vulture’ funds

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández in a national broadcast blasted ‘vulture funds’ retaining the impounded training frigate ARA Libertad in Ghana and pledged never to yield the dignity and sovereignty of the country to these funds.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 18:40 UTC

  Most of ARA Libertad crew should be arriving at Buenos Aires late Wednesday

  

  Argentina confirmed on Monday that most of the crew from the training frigate ARA Libertad retained in Ghana is being evacuated and should arrive in Buenos Aires Wednesday night, in a chartered commercial aircraft. Only a small group of officers and 44 crew members will remain on the impounded vessel for maintenance work.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:25 UTC

  ARA Libertad: Timerman at UN for round of contacts beginning with Ban Ki-moon

  

  Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman is scheduled to begin on Monday a round of contacts with top United Nations officials to address the issue of the training frigate ARA Libertad, impounded in Ghana.

• Sunday, October 21st 2012 - 06:11 UTC

  Argentina evacuates impounded frigate; Monday Timerman begins lobbying at the UN

  

  The Argentine government ordered on Saturday the evacuation of the naval training frigate ARA Libertad impounded in Ghana by international creditors, following the warning made on Friday that complaints would be taken to the UN over the controversy.