Posted on 04/16/2012 12:54:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Something didn't happen at the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia over the weekend. Yes, Western hemisphere nations failed to reach consensus on including Cuba in the gathering, overhauling the region's drug policy (an expert taskforce will study the issue), or, really, much of anything. But I'm talking about something else: Barack Obama appears to have not worn a gauyabera -- the light tropical dress shirt that several Latin American leaders are sporting in the summit photo-op above. And there's our president, looking decidedly stuffy in a suit jacket and (admittedly open) button-down.
"Obama, loyal to his jacket. The others, in guayaberas," read a caption to a similar picture published in Venezuela's El Universal. (The article proceeds to critique the dress of several heads of state, noting that, among the female leaders, Costa Rica's Laura Chinchilla came closest to adopting the guayabera style.)
In the run-up to the summit, the daughter of Colombian designer Edgar Gómez Estévez told local media and the Spanish news agency EFE that she was making 130 guayaberas for Obama and that they would be more daring than usual because Obama was a "distinct, special, happy, and extroverted person." As far as I can tell, the White House never confirmed that Obama would be wearing a Gómez-designed guayabera.
Nevertheless, Cuba's Fidel Castro latched on to the reports, dubbing the event the "summit of the guayaberas" and criticizing the U.S. president for planning to wear a shirt that originated in Cuba while barring Cuba from attending the summit.
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Just a WAG on my part, but I’m guessing that the president’s jacket has bullet resistant properties.
Barack said he doesn’t like Guava Beer.
Those must be the 11 male prostitutes he refused to pay.
http://guayaberashirt.com/shop/fashion-3-pocket-guayabera-blanco-p-121.html
Pearl button Guayabera suitable for court
Hubby, who is as manly as you can get, has several. I always tell him he looks like a dentista. Lol
Niice!! Thanks!
For the US hosted 2011 summit in Honolulu, he decided that local dress was "the business suit" (in Hawaii!)
If he's not in a suit, he doesn't really believe he looks Presidental. And he's eight - without a suit, he's not a mature leader, he's still little Barry Soetoro
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