Argentina: Kirchner Popularity Dives

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Do you have a positive or negative opinion of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?

	Aug. 2009	Feb. 2009	Nov. 2008
Positive	23%	29%	28%
Average	24%	30%	32%
Negative	53%	41%	39%

Source: Poliarquía Consultores
Methodology: Interviews with 1,000 Argentine adults, conducted in August 2009. Margin of error is 3.3 per cent.

Venezuela: Chavez Deflects Bazookagate Blame by Threatening Colombia

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Tensions between the neighboring South American nations also have been heightened over Colombia's disclosure that three Swedish-made anti-tank weapons found at a rebel camp last year had been purchased by Venezuela's military.

Chavez has accused Colombia of acting irresponsibly in its accusation that the anti-tank rocket launchers sold to Venezuela in 1988 were obtained by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Sweden confirmed the weapons were originally sold to Venezuela's military.

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