Mr. Chávez's Friends/Mayoría se opone a los amigos de Chávez ( updated)

According to Pew, 81 percent of Venezuelans oppose Iran's acquiring a nuclear weapon, but Mr. Chávez is looking beyond his country, hoping to become the leader of global opposition to the United States. As the Pew survey shows, there's plenty of it out there, but Mr. Chávez is not the beneficiary. In only three of the 47 countries surveyed by Pew does he inspire confidence in 50 percent or more of those questioned: Venezuela, Mali and Ivory Coast. In Russia his rating is 21 percent. In Peru, Chile and Mexico, Mr. Chávez's numbers are far below those of the despised Mr. Bush. The answer to the question of whom Venezuela's president represents emerges from the data: No one, other than himself. ( full information)/ "El presidente de Venezuela establece nexos con regímenes que el resto del mundo - y sus propios compatriotas - rechazan", reportó el miércoles el diario The Washington Post en su editorial.
La actitud favorable de los venezolanos hacia Estados Unidos representa una de las pocas buenas noticias para la Administracion Bush, de acuerdo con el último sondeo global de opinión del Pew Foundation. El sondeo global revela que 56% de venezolanos tienen una actitud favorable hacia Estados Unidos y 84% favorecen a los americanos. ( información completa)