My wife's Spanish isn't exactly the most fluent, but President Bolaños was extremely friendly with her, and the right words eventually came out. So how was it that she was in his office with the warm handshake?
Turns out they shared a common interest: his grand daughter. My wife was her teacher in school for that year, and she invited her entire class over to grandpa's "house" for a visit!
"One of the main problems with democracy is that people who don't know what they're talking about still have opinions — very strong opinions. And they vote on them."
— Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics, George Mason University