Chavez's support level drops 9 points to 45%

Posted on Sat, Feb. 04, 2006
VENEZUELA AND CUBA
Chávez's support level drops 9 points to 45%

From Miami Herald Wire Services

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's public approval rating fell
to 45 percent in December, down from 54 percent in July, according to a
survey released Friday.

The local Datanálisis polling firm showed that about 55 percent of
Venezuelans would consider voting for a candidate other than Chávez in
December's presidential elections.

The Nov. 24-Dec. 3 poll of 1,300 adults had a margin of error of 2.7
percent.

Luis Vicente León, the director of Datanálisis, said Chávez's approval
rating drop was influenced by his increasingly close relations with
Cuba, and reforms that are seen by some as threatening to private
property rights.

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