"Although his rallies are sparsely attended, his face is widely known to anyone walking through downtown Madrid thanks to the dozens of posters he puts up himself. That is his daily routine. Every morning, Mariano Jose Nsue Obama takes to the streets and walks for hours through the Spanish capital with a roll of tape, a stack of sheets of paper under his arm with his face printed on them, and a backpack containing a biography of Simon Bolivar."
"The Guinean Obama walks tirelessly and wears out a pair of shoes every month running for president among those who cannot even vote for him. It's a calling I have inside me. I could have lived my life, but I haven't because something inside me drives me, which I can't avoid. Most Guineans ignore me and politics because they are only interested in putting bread on the table and living their lives, he says."
Mariano Jose Nsue Obama was born in Equatorial Guinea and lives in Madrid after arriving in Spain with nothing. He conducts grassroots campaigning by pasting dozens of self-printed posters across downtown Madrid, walking for hours with tape, paper sheets bearing his face, and a backpack with a biography of Simon Bolivar. His rallies are sparsely attended — one rally drew only eight people — yet he continues to campaign tirelessly, wearing out a pair of shoes every month. He insists he is driven by an inner calling and seeks to become the third president of Equatorial Guinea, proposing to rename the country the Republic of San Rafael Nsue Nchama.
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