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Actress Sonia Manzano- best known as Maria on “Sesame Street”- penned an opinion piece on the presidential campaign in today’s El Diario/La Prensa.

In an article entitled “The Struggle of Families” Manzano argued in favor of Barack Obama’s candidacy for the U.S. presidency. Writing that she had to “take a break from teaching Elmo how to count in Spanish”, the actress of Puerto Rican background claimed that the Republican campaign “becomes more and more against children and families.” She concluded with the following endorsement:

The complex world we live in needs intelligent men like Obama, not irrational mavericks like McCain. Obama will make health Insurance work for people -- not insurance and drug companies, and he will protect home ownership. A sign of civilization is how it takes care of its youngest citizens. Vote for yourself. Vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

New York’s main Spanish-language daily endorsed Obama’s candidacy though today’s edition also featured a pro-McCain opinion article. In “Why Latinas support John McCain”, the author contended that McCain is the better candidate in terms of areas like education, taxes, and “family values.” The article goes on to support McCain’s gestures towards Latin America on topics like free trade and immigration.

Image- Library of Congress
Sources (English)- imdb.com, Vivirlatino
Sources (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa