You know that we’re formally becoming a bilingual nation when the foreign ministries of non-Latin countries staff their consulates here with Spanish-speakers. See this story, which says that, “Israel has also taken notice of the new reality. Israeli consulates in Houston, Miami, New York and Los Angeles have added Spanish-speaking individuals assigned to Latino outreach. ‘Our job is to promote Israel, and you can’t really promote Israel if you don’t speak Spanish and can’t get on Spanish-language TV and into Spanish-language newspapers,’ said Sofia Perches, of the Houston consulate.”