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Rio de Janeiro - The ongoing global
financial crisis caused Brazilian
president's approval rate to drop from 70 to
65 percent, said a survey released Friday by
the consulting company Datafolha.
It was the first fall in President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva's approval rate since
he started the second term in 2007.
Despite the drop, Lula's approval rate
remains much higher than his predecessors'
since the end of the country's military
government in the 1980s.
According to the survey, a total of 27
percent of Brazilians consider the Lula
administration good, from 23 percent in the
November survey. Eight percent thought the
Lula administration bad or very bad, from
seven percent in November.
The average grade of the Lula administration
also fell, going from 7.6 in the last survey
to 7.4 percent in March, higher than the 7.0
percent Lula received in September.
The highest approval rate for Lula was
registered in the northeastern region (77
percent), and the lowest was in the southern
region (57 percent).
The survey showed that the crisis has been
affecting more Brazilians, with 81 percent
of them said they were aware of effects of
the crisis, from 72 percent in November.
In addition, 55 percent of Brazilians think
the crisis will not affect the country too
much, from 58 percent in November; 31
percent think the country will be deeply
affected, up from 20 percent. |
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