08/01/2013 | Argentina

Libertad awaits ceremony in Argentine waters

The Libertad frigate entered Argentine waters and is nine kilometres away from Mar del Plata, where it is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, the Defence Ministry informed.

09/01/2013 | Argentina

Libertad Frigate docks at Mar del Plata Navy base

17/12/2012 | Argentina

'Libertad frigate heading home on Wednesday,' Defence Minister

Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli, confirmed this morning that Argentine navy training ship ARA Libertad will sail from Ghana, where it’s been seized since October, this Wednesday to arrive to the Buenos Aires port on January 9.

18/12/2012 | Argentina

Ghana government confirms release of Libertad frigate

19/12/2012 | Argentina

Libertad frigate sets sail for Argentina

The ARA Libertad set sail for Argentina yesterday, four days after a UN court ordered its release from the Tema port in Accra, Ghana, following a 77 day embargo due to a claim by vulture fund NML Capital.

15/12/2012 | Argentina

UN court orders Libertad frigate release, to arrive in Argentina on Jan 9

UN’s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered the release of the Libertad naval training ship which was detained in Ghana at the request of holders of defaulted Argentine state bonds. Later, Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli stated that the frigate will arrive in Argentina on January 9.

15/12/2012 | Argentina

Lorenzino: 'Vultures won't pass!!!'

"Vultures, not with the frigate, not with the debt!," Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino said vía his Twitter account after being notified about the favourable sentence of the UN’s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea over the Libertad frigate.

15/12/2012 | Argentina

CFK says 'the Frigate is coming back'

"Once more we comply, the Frigate is coming back," was the first statement given by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner over the ruling of the UN's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to release the Libertad frigate.

21/11/2012 | Argentina

Libertad frigate: Ghana judge rejects Argentina's bid to drop case

Ghana rejected today Argentina’s plea for Accra City’s Commercial Tribunal to drop the case that kept the Libertad navy training frigate impounded at Tema port since October 2nd.

29/11/2012 | Argentina

Argentina asks UN court to tell Ghana to release ship

Argentina presented today its defence before the UN Tribunal of the Sea in Hamburg to demand the release of its Libertad training frigate, which has been stranded for nearly two months in Ghana due to a court order brought by bondholders.

30/11/2012 | Argentina

Libertad frigate hearings continue in Hamburg

Argentina’s dispute with Ghana over the detention of the Libertad training frigate in Tema port had its second day of hearings today at the Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

12/11/2012 | Argentina

Argentina to sue Ghana before int'l court if frigate not liberated

Speaking to reporters, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman explained that "Tuesday is the deadline for Ghana's national government to lift the embargo of the Libertad frigate, recognizing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas."

12/11/2012 | Argentina

Libertad's commander meets Ghana authorities to resume supplies

14/11/2012 | Argentina

Gov't reports Ghana to tribunal over Libertad

The government formally reported Ghana today before the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, in a bid to try to recuperate the ship that has been detained in Tema port since October 2.

02/11/2012 | Argentina

Libertad Frigate, a month impounded in Ghana

A month after the Libertad frigate was impounded in Ghana over a lawsuit filed by a US based vulture fund, its future remains uncertain as Argentina undergoes intense diplomatic negotiations searching for allies to ensure the naval vessel’s return to its country of origi

05/11/2012 | Argentina

Ghanaian court authorizes to relocate Libertad frigate

A Ghanaian court has authorized today to relocate Argentina’s Libertad navy training frigate, impounded over a lawsuit filed by a US based vulture fund, from Tema’s commercial port to another local pier in order to liberate space that’s crucial for the in and out of cargo liners.

11/11/2012 | Argentina

Ghana to cut water, power, fuel supply to Libertad frigate

The Ghana national government threatened to cut off supplies to the ARA Libertad frigate after crew members prevented Ghanaian port authorities from boarding and moving the detained ship to another port. The government will today present a “failure to comply” court order to the Ghanaian justice system.

25/10/2012 | Argentina

Ghana port authorities ask that Argentine ship vacate Tema port

Ghanaian port authorities sent a plea to a judge today asking that the Argentine navy training frigate Libertad, which has been impounded for three weeks, be vacated from Tema port due to it taking up critical space in the terminal.

25/10/2012 | Argentina

'I am responsible for the Libertad's fate,' Puricelli says

Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli took responsibility today for the fate of the navy training frigate Libertad, which continues to be impounded in Ghana.

25/10/2012 | Argentina

Timerman ratifies Argentina will 'get frigate back' without negotiating with vulture funds

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman stressed that Argentina will not negotiate with vulture funds in order to recover the Libertad navy training frigate, which remains impounded in a Ghanaian port since October 2, and whose crew arrived in Buenos Aires early on Thursday.

21/10/2012 | Argentina

Ghana says Libertad crew ‘free to go’

A representative of the Ghanaian government said on Sunday that the crew of the Argentine frigate Libertad, which remains impounded in the coast of the African nation due to a 300 million dollar vulture funds claim, is free to leave the country.

22/10/2012 | Argentina

'They might retain the Frigate, but will not retain our country's sovereignty'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner referred to the conflict with Ghana over the detention of the Libertad frigate in the African country, during a nationwide broadcast speech.

24/10/2012 | Argentina

Libertad frigate crew arrives

The charter Air France flight carrying the 281 crew of the Libertad navy training frigate arrived in Buenos Aires after midnight last night.

14/10/2012 | Argentina

Navy confident about ship release in short; denies evacuation plan

Navy Secretary General Luis María González Day, expressed confidence that the "joint ministerial commission that went to Ghana to seek the release of the training vessel Libertad will reach a successful agreement."

19/10/2012 | Argentina

Timerman calls for Ghana to 'assume its responsibility,' release Libertad frigate

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman demanded that Ghana “assumes its responsibility” of freeing the Libertad Frigate, which remains impounded in the African country’s port over claims of vulture funds.

20/10/2012 | Argentina

Gov't orders Libertad ship be evacuated

The government ordered today that the naval training frigate Libertad stranded in Africa be evacuated, following the warning made yesterday that complaints would be taken to the UN over the issue.

11/10/2012 | Argentina

Ghana judge rejects Argentine claim, training ship remains seized

A Ghanaian judge rejected today the plea put forward by Argentina to release the Libertad training ship, which has been detained in a port close to Accra with its crew since October 2nd due to a complaint by a US hedge fund.

12/10/2012 | Argentina

Argentina to appeal to 'bilateral administration' with Ghana

Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli assured that Argentina will apply a "bilateral administration" with Ghana to achieve the release of the Libertad Frigate, which has been detained in a port close to Accra with its crew since October 2nd due to a complaint by a US hedge fund.

13/10/2012 | Argentina

Argentina willing to take Ghana ship seizure 'to international courts'

The Foreign Ministry is analyzing the possibility of appealing to a international court to achieve the release of Libertad Frigate, which has been detained in a port in Ghana for over ten days due to the claim of a US hedge fund.

16/11/2012 | World

Libertad frigate: UN Tribunal sets date for Argentina-Ghana hearing

The Foreign Ministry today informed the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea proposed November 29 and 30 as the days to hold the hearings between Argentina and Ghana over the seizure of the ARA Libertad Frigate at Ghana's Tema Port.

28/11/2012 | World

UN maritime organization confirms Frigate cannot be impounded

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) certified that the Libertad Frigate is a military vessel, therefore, it can not be impounded, Argentina's ambassador to the UK, Alicia Castro, reported.

16/12/2012 | World

Ghana says 'will review' international court ruling on frigate

The Ghanaian government indicated that it will review the recent ruling by the International Court for the Law of the Sea ordering the African nation to release the Libertad frigate, which remains impounded there since October 2.

24/07/2012 | World

Ghana President Mills dies, VP replaces him

Ghana's President John Atta Mills, who won international praise for presiding over a stable model democracy in Africa, died suddenly today and his vice-president was quickly sworn in to replace him at the helm of the oil, gold and cocoa producer.

22/10/2012 | World

Argentina won't kneel down before 'vulture funds,' says Cabinet Chief

Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina came on stage today to warn that “vulture funds will never see Argentina kneeled down before their decisions”, in a straight message to US-based fund that issued a lawsuit in Ghana and achieved to detain Libertad navy training frigate.

09/11/2012 | World

Reports say sailors at Libertad Frigate threatened to open fire

Armed sailors on board the detained Libertad frigate in Ghana threatened to open fire on Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority (GPHA) officials, if they attempted to move the ship from berth 11 to berth six, at the Tema Port, according to reports of "The Chronicle" local newspaper.

21/10/2012 | Argentina

Abandon ship!’: crew ordered to leave Libertad

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman announced yesterday that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “decided to evacuate the whole of the Libertad ship’s crew, Argentines and foreigners, leaving the captain behind with a small crew,” to protect the frigate held in Ghana.