[progchat_action] Hugo Chavez approval rating at 67.3% Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:45:21 -0600 (CST) (Hugo Chavez continues to be very popular among the Venezuelan people, although not in the Hugo hating yankee blogosphere. SR) 67.3% of Venezuelans approve of Chavez's management Agencia Boliviariana Noticias February 27, 2008 Caracas 67.3% of Venezuelans approve of Hugo Chavez's record as president, according to a survey conducted by the Venezuelan Institute of Statistics (Ivad) and published by the daily newspaper Panorama. The results also show that 54.3% of Venezuelans believe the situation in the country has improved. This figure is higher than last year's result of 41%. Although 53.7% of Venezuelans regard food shortages as a serious problem, 53% of those surveyed indicated that they believe the situation will improve. Meanwhile, insecurity remains the single biggest problem for 72.1% of Venezuelans, despite the fact that this concern has decreased by 9.3% from last year's figure of 81.4%. The missions continue to receive the highest approval ratings, with 73.1% in favour, against 15% opposed. The survey was conducted nation wide from the 8th to the 20th of Februray 2008 and has an accuracy rating of 90%. Source: http://www.abn.info.ve Translation by Owen Richards: http://no-other-road.blogspot.com This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm