Here’s some more analysis of the latest Latinobarometro poll from an unlikely source: the global financial analysts over at RGE Monitor. In a nutshell:
Chileans may be walking around with their glass half-empty, but the Peruvians haven’t drunk from the spring of optimism since Montesinos ran off with the bucket. Uruguay is cheerful, naturally. Brazil is corrupt, naturally-er. Argentina is an “also ran,” and Colombia and Mexico don’t care for the democracy so much. Venezuela, on the other hand:
“…wins the race by a mile, with top three positions in seven of the ten categories. Happiest of all LatAm about its present and future economic situation, the way the money is being distributed inside the country, and about its justice system, these results fly in the face of what we are repeatedly told about Venezuela.”
Honestly, don’t these people know how miserable they’re supposed to be? In case you missed it, our summary of the report was here.
