Fairly certain Gibralter is still British...makes it sound like the Spaniards wanted the liberty cash from the sailors..not a lot to get worked up about...so why the hubbub....
Spain has been agitating to get Gibraltar back for 300 years, claiming the continuing British presence is illegitimate. They probably view the Georgia docking there as legitimizing the continuing British presence.
‘Course they have the same situation further south, continuing to occupy Melilla and Ceuta on the coast of Morocco, much to the Moroccans’ displeasure.
“Fairly certain Gibralter is still British...”
Well, yes; and, no.
Britain still considers it part of UK, but, because of Brexit, the EU does not. The Spanish want to absorb Gibraltar back into Spain.
It’s...complicated.
because its all BS propaganda
They probably want to make sure it doesn't become a regular thing.