Approval rating for Brazil's president hits new low amid economic weakness, corruption scandal
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A new poll in Brazil says the approval rating for President Dilma Rousseff has plunged to new lows amid economic woes and a huge corruption scandal at Petrobras, the state energy company.
The survey released Tuesday by the MDA polling institute says only 8 percent of those surveyed consider Rousseff's government to be "great" or "good." By contrast, 71 percent say the government is a "failure."
An MDA poll four months ago put Rousseff's approval rating at 11 percent, while 65 percent of those surveyed said her government was "bad" or "terrible."
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The latest MDA poll was conducted for the National Transport Confederation, which represents private transportation businesses. The poll questioned 2,002 people between July 12 and 16 and has a margin of error of two percentage points.