Carlos Sanchez, a.k.a. Juan Valdez, has decided to retire after 37 years of representing Columbian coffee to the world. According to the BBC, the schedule had become too hectic for the 71-year-old actor-cum-ambassador. But he notes that it certainly has been fun:
"I feel like a flag, like a national anthem," said Mr Sanchez as he told a news conference about his memories of playing the iconic coffee grower since 1969, including meeting Bill Clinton and the Spanish royal family.
The new Juan Valdez will be a younger person, and will reportedly focus on newer ideas, like environmentalism. But, no fear, the president of the National Federation of Coffee Growers has confirmed that the new guy "has to have a bushy moustache".
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