Juan Manuel Santos
Appearances
Planet Money
The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure
I quite frankly thought it was a legend.
Planet Money
The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure
So I really didn't give that importance to the San Jose until we found it.
Planet Money
The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure
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.
Planet Money
The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure
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.
Planet Money
The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure
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.
Planet Money
The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure
Yes, yes, yes. I mean, I didn't sleep that night.
Planet Money
The fight for a legendary shipwreck's treasure
This is a Colombian galleon and we will do with the galleon what we think we should do.