MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Well done for Kirchner and Lavagna

An overwhelming majority of Argentines, 83,5%, believe the country's situation will improve and a similar percentage consider President Nestor Kirchner's is doing a “good or very good” job, according to the latest opinion poll published this Sunday in the Buenos Aires press.

The opinion poll done by OPSM/Zuleta Puceiro also indicates that 19,9% of those interviewed consider the current Argentine situation as "bad"; 49,9% "fairly good" and 21,1% "good".

Regarding Mr. Kirchner's job so far, 57% describe it as "good" and 25,4% "very good", totalling 83,9%.

Mr. Enrique Zuleta Puceiro commenting on the results said that after a month long honey moon with public opinion, common to most governments, "the Kirchner administration is entering into a new scenario where apparently there's a certain convergence with its values, objectives and policies".

This week's opinion poll results are virtually unchanged from those a week ago.

However who really soared from last week was Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna whose approval rating went from 57,9% to 63,8% among those who believe he's doing a "good" or "very good" job; and from 18,7% to 30,6% among who consider his performance as "fair".

The poll was done last week involving 1,100 interviews in 65 different cities and towns with a margin error of plus/minus 2,95%.