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Related: About this forumGallup: 63% of Venezuelans Thought Chavez Gov’t Was Corrupt
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gallup-63-venezuelans-thought-chavez-gov-t-was-corruptI think this number is probably lower than it would be given the poll was just after his death .
April 12, 2013 - 5:51 PM
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(CNSNews.com) -- A new Gallup poll released on Friday revealed that 63 percent of Venezuelans thought the national government led by the late socialist President Hugo Chavez contained widespread corruption.
According to the poll, 63 percent viewed the government as corrupt while only 29 percent did not. Poll respondents were asked, Is corruption widespread throughout the government, or not?
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Chavez also made combatting corruption a major plank of his platform in his original campaign for office, indicating much of the country believes his government failed to deliver on this objective, the summary said.
Moreover, 74 percent of Venezuelan adults said they do not feel safe walking alone at night, which according to Gallup was significantly higher than other Latin American countries.
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Gallup: 63% of Venezuelans Thought Chavez Gov’t Was Corrupt (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
Jul 2013
OP
well, the very recent Transparency International poll gives Ven very low marks too
Bacchus4.0
Jul 2013
#2
it corroborates the recent TI poll about the extent of corruption in Venezuela
Bacchus4.0
Jul 2013
#12
mitchtv
(17,718 posts)1. and we all know how fair and balanced
Gallup is
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)2. well, the very recent Transparency International poll gives Ven very low marks too
so the poll corroborates the Gallup poll. Also, its no secret that Ven has the highest murder rate in South America so the number on safety seem to reflect that reality. Like I said, if anything these numbers are likely too low.
mitchtv
(17,718 posts)3. I'm sure it's true, but when did VZ replace
Colombia and South Africa(murders)?
Marksman_91
(2,035 posts)4. The day Colombia actually started to improve.
And since when is South Africa in South America? Do you need geography lessons too now?
mitchtv
(17,718 posts)5. sorry didn't read the qualifier
I was thinking global
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)7. its actually been quite awhile now since Ven surpassed Colombia
getting close to a decade. I don't know about S.A.
MinM
(2,650 posts)6. George H. Gallup, the CIA and polling organizations
...The next year, (Edwin) Wilson jumped to the Special Operations Division, which was in charge of covert actions. First, he served as an advance man for Hubert Humphrey's vice-presidential campaign, allowing the Agency to keep tabs on Johnson's running mate. After the election, Wilson opened a front business: Maritime Consulting Associates, an ocean freight forwarder that handled sea logistics for CIA programs. The Agency man in charge of Maritime was Tom Clines, deputy chief of the division's maritime branch.
Wilson ran Maritime Consulting as if it were a regular company. He recruited a figurehead president and worked hard: weapons to Angola, communications equipment to Morocco, materiel to Laos. He also found non-Agency business to conduct-activity that put cash in his pockets. For Langley's fronts, profits meant better cover. Wilson had a golden gig. There was little auditing of his books. No one noticed when he padded his costs. He could be both a secret agent and a wealthy man.
In their 2004 book with a lengthy title (All is Clouded by Desire; Global Banking, Money Laundering, and International Organized Crime) authors Alan Block and Constance Weaver wrote that Wilson's Maritime Consulting Associates "was also a front for a polling firm established in the Philippines in collaboration with George Gallup to influence Philippine politics." ...
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MinM/365
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)8. I bet a higher percentage of US citizens think US govt is corrupt.
Look at Congress's single-digit approval ratings.
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)9. How dare they run that poll contratictilng our love for Chavez, here.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)10. Why drag out a poll from April 12? Why now?
What purpose could that serve?
-Laelth
Zorro
(15,749 posts)11. Situational awareness?
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)12. it corroborates the recent TI poll about the extent of corruption in Venezuela
that is why.
Chavistas are often slow or unwilling to grasp the truth.