(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - More people in Bolivia are satisfied with the work of Evo Morales, according to a poll by Ipsos Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado. 62 per cent of respondents approve of the Bolivian president’s performance, up three points since September.

Morales—an indigenous leader and former coca-leaf farmer—won the December 2005 presidential election as the candidate for the Movement to Socialism (MAS), with 53.7 per cent of the vote. He officially took over as Bolivia’s head of state in January 2006 and vowed to "re-found Bolivia" by enacting a new constitution.

In August 2006, the National Constituent Assembly—an elected ad-hoc body tasked with re-writing the country’s constitution—held its first session. The assembly was supposed to sit for just one year, but it has failed to finalize the document. When ready, the proposed body of law must be approved by two-thirds of the 255 lawmakers, and then ratified in a nationwide referendum.

On Oct. 29, during a visit to Italy, Morales responded to a question about his government’s ties with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying, "Nobody can prevent me from signing trade and diplomatic agreements with whomever I want. (...) My country needs cooperation, so every country that wishes to work with us, without conditions, is welcome."

Polling Data

Do you approve or disapprove of Evo Morales’ performance as president?

Source: Ipsos Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado
Methodology: Interviews with 1,017 Bolivian adults in La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, conducted in October 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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