Juan Manuel Santos
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I quite frankly thought it was a legend.
I quite frankly thought it was a legend.
So I really didn't give that importance to the San Jose until we found it.
So I really didn't give that importance to the San Jose until we found it.
The minister called me and woke me up. And when I said, listen, I think it's two o'clock in the morning. Oh, my God, Mr. President, I'm so sorry. But I have good news. And she told me.
The minister called me and woke me up. And when I said, listen, I think it's two o'clock in the morning. Oh, my God, Mr. President, I'm so sorry. But I have good news. And she told me.
I thought, my God, God is on our side. And I started to say, how are we going to rescue it? How are we going to sell it to the world? Also, the type of legal fights that we were going to have.
I thought, my God, God is on our side. And I started to say, how are we going to rescue it? How are we going to sell it to the world? Also, the type of legal fights that we were going to have.
I remember it because I studied, worked and studied in Great Britain. And I'm not a lawyer, but I remember something from the British law that the British had always applied that principle. that said finders keepers. So you find it, you keep it. So I'm going to apply that law to the galleon. Finder keepers, the galleon is ours.
I remember it because I studied, worked and studied in Great Britain. And I'm not a lawyer, but I remember something from the British law that the British had always applied that principle. that said finders keepers. So you find it, you keep it. So I'm going to apply that law to the galleon. Finder keepers, the galleon is ours.
Yes, yes, yes. I mean, I didn't sleep that night.
Yes, yes, yes. I mean, I didn't sleep that night.
This is a Colombian galleon and we will do with the galleon what we think we should do.
This is a Colombian galleon and we will do with the galleon what we think we should do.
I quite frankly thought it was a legend.
So I really didn't give that importance to the San Jose until we found it.
The minister called me and woke me up. And when I said, listen, I think it's two o'clock in the morning. Oh, my God, Mr. President, I'm so sorry. But I have good news. And she told me.
I thought, my God, God is on our side. And I started to say, how are we going to rescue it? How are we going to sell it to the world? Also, the type of legal fights that we were going to have.
I remember it because I studied, worked and studied in Great Britain. And I'm not a lawyer, but I remember something from the British law that the British had always applied that principle. that said finders keepers. So you find it, you keep it. So I'm going to apply that law to the galleon. Finder keepers, the galleon is ours.
Yes, yes, yes. I mean, I didn't sleep that night.
This is a Colombian galleon and we will do with the galleon what we think we should do.