End November 2008, Brazil’s president Lula da Silva had an approval rate of 70%. Not many presidents in the world ever had such a rating.
His approval rating fell somewhet in Q1 2009, but bounced back this May to all-time highs as Brazilians grow confident how Brazil is coping with the crisis.
Lula approval rating is now 69%. Reports on this can be read in Reuters and on the Boston Globe.
Also worthwhile reading is this article of last week where the Financial times gives president Zuma of South Africa the following advice:
“Zuma shouldlearn from Lula”.
On December 19th of 2007, 18 months ago, this was exactly the statement that I made when I wrote the following article:
“Zuma: choosing the Lula or Chavez scenario?”
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