Venezuelans most positive about country in Latin America

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuelans most positive about country in Latin America
Stuart Munckton
1 February 2008

Although the corporate media present an image of Venezuelans suffering under would-be dictator President Hugo Chavez, whose supposedly irresponsible and populist policies are ruining the country, a new poll released by non-profit NGO Latinobarometro reveals that Venezuelans have the most positive view in Latin America about the state of their country and the direction it’s heading in.

An article by Pascual Serrano posted on Rebelion.org on January 17 reported on Latinobarometro’s recently released results for 2007. The poll was conducted in 18 countries in Latin America, excluding Cuba, and involved 19,000 interviews.

Serrano reported that the results “have been scarcely spread by the media due to what it shows regarding Venezuela”.

The confidence rating for a country’s president was much higher in Venezuela than the regional average — 60% for the socialist Chavez compared to an average of 43%. The article also reported that Chavez was elected with the highest percentage of registered voters of any Latin American president, closely followed by left-wing President Evo Morales in Bolivia.

Venezuela had the highest level of confidence in its government of any country, 66% compared to an average of 39%.

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http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/738/38213