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Peru makes last-minute claim to Spanish booty of the Nuestra
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| 2.24.2012
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Posted on 02/24/2012 12:19:49 PM PST by wolfcreek
In a final twist to a five-year legal drama, the Peruvian government today appealed to the US Supreme Court to prevent the return to Spain of mountains of salvaged 19th-century lucre that are sitting in a US air base in Florida.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
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Peru says it was mined, processed and minted in their country.
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:19:54 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
To: SunkenCiv; blam; decimon
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:21:11 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(‘closed eye’ mentality is the reason for our current reality)
To: wolfcreek
Kinda nice to see somebody sticking it to Spain over sunken treasure for once. Still, the laws for maritime recovery are really tilted toward the state and away from the corporation doing the actual work.
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:22:08 PM PST
by
Tallguy
(It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
To: wolfcreek
It should belong to them and the people who found it, Spain was the crooks here.
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:23:23 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(Sorry bill, I should never have made all those jokes about you and Lewinsky, have fun.)
To: wolfcreek
I’m partial to Spanish booty
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:23:47 PM PST
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: wolfcreek
Spain stole it fair and square.
Twice.
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:27:04 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: wolfcreek
There are always good questions about where the Spanish found their gold. During the 1700s they found gold in the Philippines, mined it, and shipped it EAST for transport to Europe. That was to avoid the Dutch, British, Indian, Thai and Chinese pirates who preyed on travelers and trade ships in those days if they dared use the Western route to Europe.
Even today the greatest trade in precious metals in Peru is silver, as it is in Bolivia, Mexico, the US South West and a large number of other former Spanish possessions.
The gold on this ship is definitely the property of Spain according to international law and that is all that counts.
This is why smart gold hunters don't tell anybody about their discoveries.
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:29:13 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: wolfcreek
So now the lawyers are going to get the silver. The salvage company will also probably start charging storage fees to be paid by the eventual winner.
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:33:09 PM PST
by
Parmenio
To: wolfcreek
Belongs to Pinoys, not Peruvians.
They can tell where it came from by analysis of the gold cuz it`s not 99% pure but has other minerals and metals in it.. Green gold is from Thailand, yellow gold from California, etc
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:39:20 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
(Phil gold came to USA? ?????-?- Who knew?)
To: Parmenio
Surely Spain owes us some money. It’s sitting at a USAF base and should stay there for the time being.
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:41:37 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(‘closed eye’ mentality is the reason for our current reality)
To: bunkerhill7
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:43:26 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(‘closed eye’ mentality is the reason for our current reality)
To: wolfcreek
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:45:11 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(‘closed eye’ mentality is the reason for our current reality)
To: NativeSon
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:46:01 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: wolfcreek
After laying unclaimed for century’s I think finders keepers should be the rule of law.
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:48:03 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: wolfcreek
Oh, my mistake. I thought it was still in the salvage company’s facility.
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posted on
02/24/2012 12:50:49 PM PST
by
Parmenio
To: wolfcreek
it's recovered from a Spanish warship .... Maritime law says anything on a warship belongs to the country which owns the ship and you shouldn't be desecrating the tombs of their sailors
the Supremo's have already ruled in Spain's favor on this one
.
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posted on
02/24/2012 1:08:44 PM PST
by
Elle Bee
Seems like everyone wants a piece of that Spanish Booty!
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posted on
02/24/2012 1:39:42 PM PST
by
RC51
To: RC51
I could drive my Harley through that gap. :)
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posted on
02/24/2012 1:45:19 PM PST
by
ez
(When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
To: wolfcreek
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posted on
02/24/2012 2:09:47 PM PST
by
blam
To: RC51
WANT. Please.......................
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