Colombian then President-elect Manuel Santos poses with Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Garcia Marquez after a visit to Marquez’s residence in Mexico City

Colombian then President-elect Manuel Santos poses with Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Garcia Marquez after a visit to Marquez’s residence in Mexico City

Colombian then President-elect Juan Manuel Santos (L) poses with Colombian Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez after a visit to Marquez’s residence in Mexico City in this July 22, 2010 file photo. Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died on April 17, 2014. He was 87. Known affectionately to friends and fans as “Gabo”, he is arguably Latin America’s best-known author and his books have sold in the tens of millions. REUTERS/Antonio Nava/Pool/Files (MEXICO – Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY OBITUARY)