The 50% overall approval for Ollanta Humala as collected in the survey of 1204 people between Jan 5th and Jan 8th still isn't the knockout numbers enjoyed by Santos in Colombia or Correa in Ecuador, but in context it's not bad and does represent a two point rise from the same polling company's same survey in December.
Just to add a detail, the top three reasons given by those that approve of his work are that he's keeping his promises, he's maintaining economic stability and he's implementing his State pension scheme for all those over 65 years old.
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