The president of Uruguay is the best valued president of Latin America, according to Ipsos

MADRID, 15 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of Uruguay, Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, is the president of the Latin American region with the highest percentage of approval by public opinion, with 74 percent, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos.

In turn, the Uruguayan country presents the best economic evaluation of the area. In addition, it is the country where most respondents believe that inflation will fall in the next twelve months.

Behind Lacalle -- who has been in the presidency for more than two years -- is his Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric, with 49 percent approval. Boric, for his part, has only been in office since March of this year.

Both Lacalle and Boric are the leaders of the only two countries whose inhabitants consider that they are "full democracies."

On the other hand, the presidents who have registered a lower approval rate are Nicolás Maduro, from Venezuela, with 5 percent; Miguel Díaz-Canel, from Cuba, with 14 percent; Pedro Castillo, from Peru, with 15 percent; and Alberto Fernández, from Argentina, with 19 percent.

In addition to the fact that these four leaders do not exceed twenty percent approval, both countries have the worst economic evaluation and the worst inflation expectations.

The people consulted have described Cuba and Venezuela as "authoritarian regimes." The rest of the countries in the region have been considered as "hybrid regimes".

The main challenges for the region are economic growth and job creation --with 64 percent-- and the reduction of inflation and stabilization of the economy --with 56 percent--. At the bottom of the list are improvements in health and education, with twelve and 18 percent, respectively.

This survey was carried out on 297 people between July 14 and August 8 of this year.