Tag: ARA Libertad

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 04:41 UTC

  After a rough year Cristina Fernandez names new top heads of the Armed Forces

  

  In a surprise move Argentine President Cristina Fernández replaced the top heads of the armed forces and appointed Brigadier General Luis María Carena as the new head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The changes announced on Wednesday come just a few weeks after former lawmaker Augstín Rossi was named new Defence minister.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 23:33 UTC

  Argentina appeals to US Supreme Court its legal battle with ‘holdout’ creditors

  

  Argentina took on Tuesday its legal battle with “holdout” creditors to the US Supreme Court by appealing an adverse decision handed down by a lower US court in October of last year, according to Telam the official news agency from the Argentine government.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 16:43 UTC

  Ghana Supreme Court rules that seizure of ARA Libertad was “fundamentally and patently wrong”

  

  Ghana's Supreme Court has ruled that the seizure of an Argentine warship that led to a weeks-long ordeal last year was “fundamentally and patently wrong,” a copy of the decision released last Friday said.

• Thursday, January 10th 2013 - 04:06 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez targets UK ‘threats’ to keep escalating the Falklands’ dispute

  

  Argentine president Cristina Kirchner targeted the UK for “threatening” to come “to militarize and invade our Malvinas Islands” following the announcement that an additional 150 British soldiers are been sent to the Falklands and PM David Cameron recent warnings on support of the Islands.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 20:12 UTC

  Cristina at the helm for ARA Libertad grand welcome party in Mar del Plata

  

  The frigate ARA Libertad is already in Argentine waters and is scheduled to arrive Wednesday to the port of Mar del Plata, escorted by dozens of yachts and other vessels, to a huge reception ceremony headed by President Cristina Fernandez, ministers and top officials.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 00:49 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez flies Jan 10 to Havana in support of Chavez and Maduro

  

  The Argentine government confirmed on Monday that President Cristina Fernandez would be flying on Thursday to Cuba to visit her Venezuelan peer Hugo Chavez, fighting for his life after a fourth cancer surgery with complications, and on the day which he should be taking office after October’s re-re-election.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 00:07 UTC

  Argentina charters private UK plane for Cristina Fernandez next tour to avoid legal surprises

  

  The Argentine government issued a statement in response to a recent piece published on the British tabloid “The Sun”, and assured that President Cristina Fernández will fly in a private plane on her next tour to avoid a potential impounding of the official presidential plane by vulture funds.

• Saturday, January 5th 2013 - 05:28 UTC

  “Sovereignty party” for when Libertad and Espora sail in together to Mar del Plata

  

  Argentina’s dredgers union assured a safe passage for when the Navy’s flag ship ARA Libertad arrives to Mar del Plata next 9 January to a big reception party headed by President Cristina Fernandez. There were concerns that the depth of the access channel wouldn’t be enough.

• Thursday, December 20th 2012 - 18:00 UTC

  ARA Libertad: Ghana port authority lost 7.6m dollars; could demand NML Capital

  

  Ghana’s Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) admits to having lost 7.6 million dollars as a result of the Argentine frigate ARA Libertad's occupation of its prime berth for a period of 76 days, reports Accra’s Graphic Online.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 23:10 UTC

  ARA Libertad is in the high seas; great reception in Mar del Plata on 9 January

  

  The Argentine Navy flagship ARA Libertad set sail for Mar del Plata on Wednesday four days after a UN court ordered its release from the Tema port in Accra, Ghana, following a 77 day embargo (since 2 October) due to a claim by vulture fund NML Capital.