The discovery of the galleon San Jose in Colombian waters sparked a storm over the ownership of their treasures, which appeared as Spain, Peru, Ecuador, Panama and indigenous communities as gold owners Colombia claims as its own.
But a decision in 2001 was about to give away billions of dollars buried in the seabed to the Spaniards almost invisibly, as reported Thursday the journalist Juan Gossaín.
The situation arose during the adoption of the Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, proposed in that year by Unesco. President Andrés Pastrana and his officials were heading to approve the project, ensuring that the ownership of assets such as ships operated Galleon San Jose belongs to the country for operating , in this case, the Spanish empire.
A group of connoisseurs of the history of Cartagena Galleon San Jose, as recalled Gossaín in El Tiempo, led a fierce opposition that came to Congress in the hands of Senator Alfonso Lizarazo. The work of medical Andres Cadena was crucial to prevent its passage in the Senate and urge the Foreign Minister Guillermo Fernandez de Soto to withdraw the treaty.
Expert asked to leave the Galleon San Jose under the sea
Cadena explained that the importance of Galleon San Jose derives from its size. “In the formidable fleet of Spanish galleons, in the early eighteenth century, there were only two which could carry up to a thousand tons each. The San Joaquin and San Jose Of these, five hundred tons were to load goods and the other five hundred to carry passengers. “he told Gossaín.
It would behoove if all Colombians pass out the Galleon San Jose
Currently the Convention UNESCO Underwater Cultural Heritage is the primary tool to ensure ownership of the galleon from the government of Mariano Rajoy. If not for the work of a physician and a senator Cartagena, maybe today would indignantly wondering why Colombians gave million gold coins inside …
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