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Nov 13, 2013 · Reading from a lengthy sentence, presiding Judge Juan Luis Pía also said that the then government of Popular Party (PP) Prime Minister José María Aznar should not be held responsible for the...
Dec 24, 2002 · Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar is taking heat for his government's handling of the offshore oil spill — the nation's worst environmental disaster. Jerome Socolovsky reports that...
Nov 13, 2013 · The Prestige split in half and sank six days after it ran into trouble in November 2002, spilling more than 50,000 tonnes of crude oil into the Atlantic off Cape Finisterre, ruining fishing...
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Jul 31, 2016 · Prestige oil spill trial opens in Spain. Oil spilled from the single-hulled oil tanker Prestige washes up on the beach as the sun rises November 22, 2002 in Caion, Northern Spain. The tanker broke apart and sank off the coast of Spain, spilling an estimated 17,000 tons of oil into the sea and taking 60,000 tons to the bottom with it. The ...
Nov 13, 2013 · Mangouras as former captain had blamed the spill on Spanish government - headed by then prime minister Jose Maria Aznar - for its order that the tanker be towed out to sea with a crack in...
Dec 7, 2002 · Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar has taken personal charge of dealing with the oil spill disaster off the country's north-west coast resulting from the sinking of the tanker...
Oct 16, 2012 · Then prime-minister Jose Maria Aznar ordered the tanker to be towed away from the Spanish coast instead of following an expert-prepared contingency plan that called for the ship to be brought...
