Lula's administration most popular since 1990 in Brazil

[Judi Lynn]

Lula's administration most popular since 1990 in Brazil

www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-01 10:14:00

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A recent survey has showed that the Brazilian government led by President Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva has won unprecedented public support to become the most popular administration since the survey was first carried out in 1990.

; In a poll conducted by the Institute Datafolha and released Monday, Lula's government was credited as "excellent or good" by 55 percent of those interviewed, which surpassed all the previous administrations since the government of Fernando Collor de Mello (1990-1992), Brazil's first democratically-elected president after the end of the country's military rule.

The latest survey also saw a 5-percent increase in the government's approval rate from the previous figure of 50 percent, from a survey conducted in November 2007.

In southern Brazil, Lula's support rate witnessed its biggest leap, to 52 percent compared with the previous level of 11 percent.

In northeastern Brazil, where the president has enjoyed great popularity, the rate reached 68 percent in the recent poll.

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