Once upon a time, Vice President Dan Quayle, on his way to an official visit to Latin America, lamented not having taken Latin in high school to communicate with his hosts in their native language. President Obama, on the other hand, has mastered key vocabulary in Spanish for the 6th Cumbre de las Américas, the Hemispheric Summit taking place in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Most probably will say: Gracias, Cien años de soledad es una de las mejores novelas de todos los tiempos. Each Head of State will receive a copy of the novel’s new edition celebrating Gabriel García Márquez 85th birthday. Not only that, President Obama will sport a guayabera.