A bit of (mostly) nonpolitical news that popped up this weekend and seems interesting comes to us from Colombia, where President Gustavo Petro is attempting to bring the wreck of a three-century-old Spanish galleon to the surface from 2,000 feet under the water. The legendary wreck of the San Jose’ is known as “the holy grail of shipwrecks” because it is believed to contain as much as $20 billion in treasure. You can never have those kinds of figures floating around without attracting a lot of attention and controversy, however, and this story is no exception. Petro wants to “pick up the pace” so the wreck can be recovered before he leaves office in 2026. But there is a dispute over who actually has the rights to the wreck based on who finally discovered it.Read More
‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks’ to be Exhumed
