Issue: Latin AmericaRSS

(07/19/03) -

Low Grades For Pacheco In Costa Rica

(CPOD) Jul. 19, 2003 – Abel Pacheco is losing support in Costa Rica, according to a poll by CID-Gallup published in La Repºblica. 39 per cent of respondents say the president’s performance has been good.

(07/18/03) -

Lula Still Riding High In Brazil

(CPOD) Jul. 18, 2003 – The high approval rating for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues in Brazil, according to a poll by Sensus. 78 per cent of respondents rate the president’s performance as “good.”

(07/18/03) -

Constitutional Gamble In Colombia

To get his referendum on the right track, lvaro Uribe must convince an uninformed electorate.
Mario CansecoAfter years of instability, the citizens of Colombia will finally have a chance to alter the political structure of their country.

(07/17/03) -

Colombians Have Not Read Referendum

(CPOD) Jul. 17, 2003 – The 15-question plebiscite proposed by president lvaro Uribe has been mostly ignored in Colombia, according to a poll by Invamer Gallup published in Semana. More than 90 per cent of respondents have not read the actual wording of the referendum.

(07/16/03) -

Kirchner Enjoys Honeymoon In Argentina

(CPOD) Jul. 16, 2003 – Néstor Kirchner is commanding high approval ratings in Argentina, according to a poll by Equis. 90.3 per cent of respondents have a positive opinion of the president.

(07/16/03) -

Media Monopolies Worry Americans

(CPOD) Jul. 16, 2003 – Americans are concerned over media ownership, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 50 per cent of respondents say a recent decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will have a negative impact.

(07/14/03) -

Exiled Cubans Have U.S. On Their Minds

(CPOD) Jul. 14, 2003 – Cuban Americans are more concerned with their life in the United States than with the political situation in the island, according to a poll by Hamilton Beattie & Staff for the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, published in the Miami Herald. 62 per cent of respondents say improving their conditions in South Florida is the first thing on their minds.

(07/11/03) -

Bolivians Counting On Natural Gas Deal

(CPOD) Jul. 11, 2003 – Bolivian residents support their government’s reliance on the oil and natural gas industry, according to a poll by Estudios Mori published in El Deber. 50 per cent of respondents agree that Bolivia must start exporting natural gas.

(07/09/03) -

Toledo’s Rating Improves in Peru

(CPOD) Jul. 9, 2003 – Alejandro Toledo is slowly bouncing back from low ratings in Peru, according to a poll by Apoyo. 13 per cent of respondents approve of the president’s performance.

(07/09/03) -

Venezuelans Want Ch¡vez Ousted

(CPOD) Jul. 9, 2003 – Venezuela’s Hugo Ch¡vez stands to lose a referendum on his presidency, according to a poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies. 60 per cent of respondents would vote to remove Ch¡vez from office.