This just in from the Washington Post:
LIMA, Peru -- Peruvians are a mopey lot. So says their president, Alan Garcia.
Garcia tells the radio station Saturday that "We are what we are: sad, distrustful ... We have a natural lack of trust." He says that in contrast, Brazilians "have another sort of nature, joyful and sunny."
A recent Ipsos-Apoyo poll indicated just 34 percent approve of Garcia's presidency while 62 percent disapprove. The margin of error was 3 percentage points.
Critics attribute Garcia's problems to the fact that economic growth has not reached the poor majority, while Brazil's boom has been spread more widely.
LIMA, Peru -- Peruvians are a mopey lot. So says their president, Alan Garcia.
Garcia tells the radio station Saturday that "We are what we are: sad, distrustful ... We have a natural lack of trust." He says that in contrast, Brazilians "have another sort of nature, joyful and sunny."
A recent Ipsos-Apoyo poll indicated just 34 percent approve of Garcia's presidency while 62 percent disapprove. The margin of error was 3 percentage points.
Critics attribute Garcia's problems to the fact that economic growth has not reached the poor majority, while Brazil's boom has been spread more widely.
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As someone who lived in Brazil for over four years, and has visited Peru, I suspect Garcia is on the right track. What I remember about Peru is a lack of joy in people. Maybe it's part of the reserved nature of the indians. Whatever, it is striking. However, I spent an evening with a historian who was very lively about Peruvian history, both modern and pre-columbian. So the Peruvians were not all gloomy.
But maybe that isn't true in Miraflores!
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