Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez is facing mounting political fallout from last week¡¯s twin earthquakes, with nearly half of Venezuelans saying holding new elections is more urgent than rebuilding after the disaster.
Rodriguez¡¯s disapproval rating climbed to 63.3% in June, up almost 5 percentage points from May, according to an AtlasIntel survey conducted for Bloomberg News between June 26 and 30, after the disaster struck. Nearly two-thirds of respondents disapproved of the government¡¯s handling of the earthquakes, while 52.4% described the response as ¡°very poor.¡±
Now, some 45.7% of respondents said that electing a new president is a greater priority than the 32.6% who said reconstruction should come first.
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