Someone thinks that Barack Obama’s sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, looks like an hermana, one of us and that looking Latina could help with the Latino vote. Cuahtemoc Figueroa, the director of Mr. Obama’s Latino vote effort is quoted in the NYT as saying:
“She speaks fluent Spanish, with a Dominican accent, and looks Latina,”
I couldn’t find a video of Soetoro-Ng speaking Spanish but listen to how she says “Barack”.
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