The results of an annual study conducted by Chilean NGO Latinobarometer suggest that domestic support for the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and its socialist policies is much stronger than is understood outside of the country.
On December 3 the Chilean polling firm Latinobarómetroreleased its annual public opinion poll of eighteen Latin American countries. The poll provides valuable clues about citizens’ views, and should be taken seriously in any assessment of Latin American political and social realities.
Does the US government really craft its policy
toward specific regimes based on those regimes' respect for democracy? The general trend is one of US support for the more
undemocratic regimes in the region, and US antagonism of varying sorts
and degrees toward the more democratic ones.
