An Argentine naval ship which was detained in Ghana for more than two months has arrived back home.
The Libertad had been seized following legal action by an investment company trying to recover money still owed after Argentina’s 2002 debt default.
Thousands of people lined the shore as it arrived in Mar del Plata, three weeks after a United Nations court ordered its release from Ghana.
President Cristina Fernandez called the Libertad’s return “a victory”.
She personally welcomed the ship and its crew home at a lavish ceremony including fireworks and a fly-past by Argentine air force planes.
She told the crowds assembled in the harbour that “we’re going to keep on fighting because no one’s going to get anything out of Argentina with extortion”.
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