America Editorial .- The presidents of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele; of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum; and of Costa Rica, Laura Fernández, lead the list of Latin American leaders best rated by citizens in June, while at the other end is the interim leader of Peru, José María Balcázar, according to a poll by CB Global Data.
Bukele leads the ranking with an approval rating of 69.1% and a disapproval rating of 27.6%. In May, his positive image was 67.5%. The Salvadoran president has maintained a state of exception since March 2022 as the cornerstone of his security policy against gangs.
Sheinbaum, the first woman to govern Mexico, occupies second place with a positive image of 65.5% and a rejection rate of 31%, although she records a drop compared to the 67.8% support obtained in May.
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Completing the podium is Laura Fernández, who recently assumed the Presidency of Costa Rica, with a 56.1% favorability rating against a 37.1% negative image, up from the 52.7% she recorded the previous month.
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Those with the lowest approval
At the other end appears José María Balcázar, who occupies the last place with barely an 18.2% positive image against a 71.7% disapproval. However, he improves slightly compared to May, when he recorded a support of 20.5%.
In second-to-last place is Delcy Rodríguez, acting president of Venezuela since January of this year, with a 29.5% approval rating and a 64.8% disapproval rating. Despite this, she was the leader who saw the most growth in positive image compared to the previous month, with an increase of 5.4 points from the 24.1% in May.
The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, completes the group of the worst-rated leaders, with 33.1% support and a 63% negative image. In May, he had a favorability of 36.9%.
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In fourth place is the president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, with a 54.8% positive image and a 42.2% disapproval rating, although he showed a drop compared to the 60.2% from last month.
He is followed by the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, with a 48.3% favorability rating against a 48.2% disapproval rating, higher than the 46.6% in May.
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ranks in sixth place with a 47.6% approval rating and a 48.1% disapproval rating, down from the 49.5% support he had in May.
Disapproval outweighs approval
Rodrigo Paz, who has been governing Bolivia since last November, fell to seventh place with a 46.4% positive image against a 52.3% disapproval rating. The Bolivian leader saw the largest drop in the poll, losing 9.2 points compared to the 55.6% in May.
In the middle of the table are the Chilean president, José Antonio Kast, with a 45.2% approval rating and a 50.5% disapproval rating; the Honduran Nasry Asfura, with a 44.5% positive image against a 49.5% disapproval rating; and the Nicaraguan Daniel Ortega, who exercises power in a co-government system with his wife, Rosario Murillo, with 42.9% support and a 55.8% negative rating.
Also integrating the lower half of the poll are the Ecuadorian Daniel Noboa, with a 41.7% approval rating and a 55.4% rejection rate; the Uruguayan Yamandú Orsi, with a 38.8% positive image against a 55.7% disapproval rate; and the Argentine Javier Milei, with 37.9% support and a 59.6% negative rating.
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The Colombian Gustavo Petro, whose term ends on August 7, obtains a 36.5% favorability and a 61% disapproval; and the Panamanian José Raúl Mulino, with a 36% approval against a 59.4% rejection.
The CB Global Data poll was conducted between June 2 and June 7, 2026, among 40,517 people in 18 Latin American countries, with sample sizes ranging from 1,993 to 2,671 respondents per country, a 95% confidence level, and a margin of error between ±1.9% and 2.2%.
