Heh…maybe a better question to ask is Why wouldn’t he be? After all, with approval ratings like these…
The approval ratings for the governance and credibility of the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, surpassed 80 percent in Quito and Guayaquil. Five years into his rule, the consulting firm Perfiles de Opinión, indicates that the leader has historic levels of acceptance.
The study, cited by state news agency Andes and taken on April 29 in Quito and Guayaquil, shows 83 and 82 approval ratings for Correa, respectively. The president took power on January 15, 2007.
In an interview with Ecuadorinmediato Radio, Perfiles director Paulina Recalde also revealed that the question “Do you find Correa credible?” received a “yes” response of 68 percent in Guayquil and 67 percent in Quito.
The third question of the survey asked respondents for their impression of the leader. 76 percent replied “good”, 21 percent “bad” and 3 percent did not respond.
Recalde considers these figures to be exceptionally high. “I don’t believe we could register a leader with such positive numbers in the entire democratic history of the country,” she says, adding that since December of last year these numbers have remained very stable.
The analyst added that Correa “benefited” from the latest mobilizations of opposition organizations.
Translation mine.
And the real kicker? Guayaquil is supposedly an anti-Correa stronghold, full of oligarchs and angry, angry haters. Yet he gets 82% approval there, and even slightly higher credibility ratings than in the “pro-Correa” capital city of Quito. Go figure!
For all the lamestream media up here trying to make out like he’s been bad for the country and should be ousted and look at the “police rebellion”! and blah blah blabbity blah blah, Rafael Correa sure has ratings to kill for. (Trust me, Stevie the Spiteful and His Barackness would, and so far neither has gotten anything close to them.)
Ecuador is politically stable for the first time in living memory, it’s improving economically a lot as well, and it loves its rebellious, super-smart president. He’s been good for the country overall, even the so-called opposition strongholds. And everything they’ve tried to do to hurt him has ended up backfiring in their faces.
And now you know why he’s smiling.
I believe Julian Assange is interviewing him for the next episode of his show.
Another leader and party to watch is Alexis Tsipras of Syriza. Greece is at the same precipice as Venezuela was in 1989 and Argentina was in 2001. History turned out differently of course, but it took a few years. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/18/greek-leftist-leader-alexis-tsipras?CMP=twt_gu
At first I thought this was a reply to my latest FLFB, and I was going to ask how Assange could interview a man who’s been dead for decades — LOL.
But yes, Tsipras looks like the brightest light in the Greek crisis. If he’s smart, he’ll forge economic ties with Venezuela…they can give him priceless advice!