Regional survey shows Latinamerica's rejection of the Coup
Only 27% of Hondurans gave management approval Micheletti.
A majority of Hondurans and Latin Americans rejects the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya last June 28 , according to the survey found Latinobarómetro, released Friday in Santiago de Chile.
According to this survey, conducted between September 1 and October 26, 58% of Hondurans are against the overthrow of Zelaya, while 28% back it.
Meanwhile, only 24% of Latin Americans give their approval to soldiers to expel at gunpoint Zelaya.
According to officials Latinobarometro the survey was conducted in 18 countries in the region and involved 20,204 face to face interviews with a representative sample in each country 100% of the population.
For countries, the military uprising against Zelaya greater support in the Dominican Republic with 44%, followed by Guatemala (34%), Venezuela (32%), El Salvador (32%) and Brazil (32%).
In Latin America is an important rejection of the coup in Honduras, however there are a quarter of respondents agree with the coup. Therefore we can not say that attitudes to the blows are completely eliminated in the region
Marta Lagos, director of Latinobarometro
By contrast, Uruguay and Argentina, with 9% of support, the countries of Latin America where the overthrow of Zelaya gets lower approval, along with Paraguay (13%), Chile (16%) and Peru (17%) .
"In Latin America there is a significant rejection to the coup in Honduras, but a quarter of respondents agree with the coup. Therefore we can not say that attitudes to the coups are completely eliminated in the region," said Marta Lagos .
Regarding the profile of Hondurans to the coup supporters, the poll indicates that "more education and age, the greater the support."
Thus, 40% of Hondurans college say they favor the expulsion of Zealya, compared with 27% support among people with basic education.
In terms of age, 33% of those age 60 or older approved the coup, while support was only 26% among those between 18 and 25.
The study also urged the Hondurans to give their views on the management of interim President Roberto Micheletti's own Manuel Zelaya, in this last case before he was ousted from power.
Thus in October, four months later the coup, only 27% of Hondurans gave management approval Micheletti, while 44% had a favorable opinion of Zelaya.
According to Marta Lagos, the percentage achieved by Zelaya "is quite high for an agent who has been questioned by his own people", while that obtained by Micheletti can be interpreted as "an indictment" to the management of the interim government.
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