Latinamericans trust the media and the military, shows regional poll

Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 23:56 UTC

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The media and the Armed Forces are among the institutions most trusted in Latin America, well ahead of the church, parliament and political parties, according to a regional opinion poll from FLACSO, Latinamerican Social Sciences Faculty. Read full article

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Pete35
In Argentina the populace in general do not currently believe in the armed forces. On the contrary President Nestor Kirchner has humiliated them every chance he got as has his successor wife Cristina. He strangled the forces by slashing their budget thus making them useless for defending the country against attack, let alone provoke a coup.
Aug 18th, 2010 - 03:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
I certainly don't trust either the Brazilian media or the military.

The media is antipatriotic and truth-distorting. It frequently defends international, especially U.S., interests and undermines government initiatives that promote autonomy. Some weeks ago a national polling also showed Brazilians distrust media and think their reporting is biased.

People do tend to be more positive about the military, but entirely so. There's a Latinobarómetro poll that asked its respondents - thousands of people from many LatAm nations - how likely they thought a military coup d'état was in their country. The top two in this ranking were Ecuador and Brazil (with 36% and 34% of the people thinking a coup in their country was likely in the next few years). Now, I don't think a coup in Brazil is likely, but there are some oddities around. The Brazilian military continues to be unapologetic about the dictatorship they installed in the 60s. Even today the Armed Forces website refers to the 64 coup as having protected democracy from Communism.
Aug 18th, 2010 - 03:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Yeahhhhh... suuuuure.......
Tendencious as hell.....
Would be nice for this media to publish a link to their sources.....
I personally trust the military as much I trust a hungry mosquito.......
Aug 18th, 2010 - 05:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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NicoDin
For me lawyers and judges are in the top of distrust list.
Aug 18th, 2010 - 09:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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diegopan
Study Shows that 33% of Latin-Americans consider the military as NOT professionals and are VERY “deliberants” to cause a military coup has ‘very high probabilities’.
See as the military empire in your face telling you they invade all the rivers in the country a.k.a. every 3 km. & They have international spying force against the Panamanian people, The roads today are full of green dressed military check points they close half of the lanes and just stare at us, they are just tax collectors with heavy guns that work fractional reserve ponzi salesmen
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