President Luis Lacalle Pou fell for the third consecutive month in the ranking of presidents of Latin America prepared by CB Consultora, which in that period saw its peers’ ratings improve Brazil, Lula da Silva, and Argentina, Javier Milei, who are at the top of the list.
While the approval of the Uruguayan president remains close to half of the total, as occurs in the different surveys on his image, the decline of Lacalle Pou, which went from leading the table in April to being in fifth position today.
The survey included questions to people over 18 years of age from all over the region, with between 1,042 and 1,471 cases per country during the 16th and 20th of this month and a margin of error of between 2 and 3%.
Lacalle Pou obtained 48.7% of the vote this month. positive image, compared to 47.9% against. At the same time, its sustained decline is notable, as the positive rating was 50.8% in June, 54.7% in May and 58% in March, when it led the ranking.
CB RANKING OF SOUTH AMERICAN PRESIDENTS – JULY 2024.pdf
The growth of Javier Milei and Lula da Silva
The reverse path was traveled Lula, This month he led the vote with 53.6% of votes in favour and 42.9% against. The Brazilian president received 51.3% last month and 49.2%, placing fifth.
Something similar happened with Milei. The Argentine head of state is second with a 52.1% positive rating and 44.7% negative. In this case, June was his most popular month, when he came first with 55.7%, while he closed May with 54.8% and in April he was fourth with 52.6%.
Regarding this last survey, in July he completed the podium Daniel Noboa (Ecuador), with 51.5%), followed by Luis Arce (Bolivia), with 49.8%). Further back are Santiago Peña (Paraguay), with 45.2%; Nicolas Maduro (Venezuela), with 37.6%; Gabriel Boric (Chile), with 36.3%; Dina Boluarte (Peru), with 32.5%; and Gustavo Petro (Colombia), with 32.3%.
Source: Ambito