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Uruguay's Orsi slips to 12th in a regional presidential ranking; Bukele leads

According to the poll's breakdown, 19.8% of those surveyed said they had a “very good” image of the president and 19.0% a “good” one; at the other end, 33.5% rated it “very bad” and 22.2% “bad”

Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi fell to 12th among the 18 leaders in the June ranking of best-rated Latin American presidents compiled by the Argentine consultancy CB. With a 38.8% positive image, Orsi dropped one spot from May and remains in the survey's “regular” band.

According to the poll's breakdown, 19.8% of those surveyed said they had a “very good” image of the president and 19.0% a “good” one; at the other end, 33.5% rated it “very bad” and 22.2% “bad,” while 5.5% did not respond. Orsi had topped this ranking for several months in 2025, but he has been losing positions through 2026.

At the top of the table, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele leads the measurement with a 69.1% positive image. He is followed by Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, with 65.5%, and Costa Rica's President Laura Fernández, with 56.1%, who complete the regional podium.

At the opposite end, Peru's interim President José María Balcázar appears in last place with an 18.2% positive image. Among the worst-rated, he is followed by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez, with 29.5%, and Guatemala's President Bernardo Arévalo, with 33.1%.

As for the change from the previous month, the consultancy said the largest increase went to Delcy Rodríguez, with a rise of 5.4 percentage points, while the steepest drop was that of Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz, down 9.2 points.

The survey covered 18 countries in the region, with more than 40,000 interviews, and was carried out between June 2 and 7. In Uruguay, the sample was 2,035 cases, with a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points. The ranking orders heads of state by the share of positive image they obtain among citizens of their own countries and is updated monthly. Like other regional measurements of this kind, its results should be read as the consultancy's estimate rather than as an official figure.