Authors:
Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri and José Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net
The global economic problems have caused declines in the popularity of many leaders in Latin America. But when comparing only the recent surveys of countries led by the left, we note that the extremist governments of this trend are being evaluated in a much more negative way than the moderates, with the exception of Evo Morales in Bolivia.
In Venezuela, according to IVAD, 64.2% of citizens think that Chavez should not continue in power beyond 2012.
In Ecuador, according to Gallup, Correa's popularity has fallen to 49%. His lowest since he took office.
In Nicaragua, according to the research firm M&R Consultants, 62.4% of the population thinks that Daniel Ortega is heading down the wrong track.
And we can also mention the case of Mel Zelaya in Honduras, who three months ago caused a political crisis just as he intended to follow Chavez's extremism.
In contrast, several moderate leftist leaders are doing just fine; as are the cases of Lula in Brazil, Bachelet in Chile, Vazquez in Uruguay, and Funes in El Salvador. Presidents who maintain high levels of public approval -all above 60% - despite the international economic difficulties.
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