Richard Branson was surprised by Juan Manuel Santos with an eye-catching birthday present

Juan Manuel Santos He is one of the former presidents who has generated the greatest remembrance among his followers on social networks due to his dedication to the peace process with the extinct FARC guerrilla. Additionally, he has made clear his position regarding the new government of the elected president, Gustavo Petro and the distance he has taken with the current president, Iván Duque.

Recently, the former president shared through his social networks the leisure time he had with Richard Branson, who celebrated his birthday on July 18 and to whom he gave a striking gift. The publication is found on Santos Calderón’s Instagram, where he has more than 412,000 followers.

There he showed off the striking gift that he gave to the British billionaire, which was made by one of the former members of the Farc and which is part of his undertaking to put aside weapons. The former president appears on the postcard along with his wife, María Clemencia de Santos, and Richard Branson.

“The birthday present for Richard Branson is a backpack of The Mountain Confections, made by ex-combatants who bet on peace and reconciliation. Change the rifles for clothing machines ”, was the message with which the former president of Colombia accompanied the publication.

Once again, in the country of coffee and aguardiente, the Colombian Nobel Peace Prize winner showed that he is fully interested in keeping alive the flame of supporting the implementation of the peace agreements. With this publication, Juan Manuel Santos highlighted the good work carried out by ex-combatants and shared this dream with the owner of Virgin, who is considered one of the richest men on the planet.

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The postcard already has more than 15,300 likes and hundreds of comments about the good work carried out by the former president, in which his followers expressed the feeling that his absence in the Casa de Nariño generates in them.

Some of the most prominent comments in the publication are: “the president of peace, thank you for so much Dr. Juan Manuel Santos”; “Mr. former president Santos, once again this country is going to move towards peace”; “The best forever”; “the best president Colombia has had in its entire history”; “I love you, you are the best thing that has happened to Colombia”; “Mr. former president, I continue to admire and miss you,” among others.

Below you can see the postcard shared by Juan Manuel Santos and the gift he gave Richard Branson:

On July 8, when citizens were still celebrating Gustavo Petro’s victory at the polls and the arrival of the first Afro-American vice president in Colombia, former president Juan Manuel Santos gave an interview to the Brazilian media outlet Folha de São Paulo in which he spoke of several aspects of Colombian politics. There he referred to different aspects of Colombian politics with this victory of progressivism in the country.

But one of the points that drew attention was when he referred to the peace agreements with the extinct FARC guerrilla and mentioned that with the arrival of Gustavo Petro to power, a clearer path would finally be seen for its implementation and thus be able to continue on the road.

“If someone opposes the agreements, I know that he will be there at the forefront, agrarian reform is one of the first issues of the peace agreement”said former President Santos.

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