emazur
02-02-2012, 04:49 AM
I don't like this story one bit. An American excavates long missing (200+ years) treasure from the ocean, and is ordered by a Spanish court to return it (without even a damn finders fee) to the Spanish government which plundered the treasure in the first place. And the U.S. govt. is siding with Spain:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/01/treasure-trove-galleon-returned-spain?CMP=twt_fd
The Wikileaks release of state department cables revealed that US diplomats had offered to side with Spain against Odyssey. The US ambassador in Madrid sought to tie the treasure to attempts by an American citizen, Claude Cassirer, to recover a painting by Camille Pissarro that hangs in Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemizsa museum.
"It was in both governments' interest to avail themselves of whatever margin for manoeuvre they had, consistent with their legal obligations, to resolve both matters in a way that favoured the bilateral relationship," Aguirre told the then culture minister, César Antonio Molina, in July 2008
So next time you find some treasure, don't say nothin' to nobody.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/01/treasure-trove-galleon-returned-spain?CMP=twt_fd
The Wikileaks release of state department cables revealed that US diplomats had offered to side with Spain against Odyssey. The US ambassador in Madrid sought to tie the treasure to attempts by an American citizen, Claude Cassirer, to recover a painting by Camille Pissarro that hangs in Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemizsa museum.
"It was in both governments' interest to avail themselves of whatever margin for manoeuvre they had, consistent with their legal obligations, to resolve both matters in a way that favoured the bilateral relationship," Aguirre told the then culture minister, César Antonio Molina, in July 2008
So next time you find some treasure, don't say nothin' to nobody.