Reagan was one of the greatest orators ever to take up the seat of the president.
He knew the public and phrased his speeches to rile them up to his cause and to know the temperature of the room he walked into.
The issue of the Berlin wall was a sensitive one and he wanted to drive home the point that it is in fact the Americans that had led to this success by coercing USSR with diplomatic pressure and the arms race.
It was significant for the public to know that the polices of the government had had a result.
Many languages stem from Latin, and Roman explorers teaching Latin to the natives helped develop their communication further. So that is why it's called Latin America.