Ypiranga incident Ypiranga incident The "Ypiranga" Incident occurred on April 21, 1914, at the port of Veracruz in Mexico. The SS "Ypiranga" was a German steamer that was commissioned to transport arms and munitions to the Mexican federal government under Victoriano Huerta. The United States had placed Mexico under an arms embargo to stifle the flow of weaponry to the war-torn state, then in the throes of civil war, forcing Huerta's government to look to Europe for armaments. "Ypiranga" tried to enter the harbor at Veracruz to unload on the first day of the US occupation but was detained by US troops
Port international de Port-au-Prince Port international de Port-au-Prince The (UN/LOCODE: HTPAP) is the seaport in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. It suffered catastrophic damage in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Some of docks and warehouses are operated by the government's "Autorité Portuaire Nationale" (APN), and some are run by private companies. On 13 June 1872, a German fleet composed of SMS "Vineta" and SMS "Gazelle" seized Haitian Navy ships "Union" and "Mont Organisé" which were anchored in the port, as a means of pressure to have the Haitian government pay a 20,000 thaler debt to a German businessman. In 1906, a Haitian-American company gained a