Mexico and Venezuala rank as worst Latin-American countries in management of COVID-19

People evaluate their leaders the most during times of crisis and in an extreme situation, such as that of the coronavirus. Leaders, such as the Uruguayan, Luis Lacalle Pou, and the Peruvian, Martín Vizcarra, are seen as examples of good management, while their peers from Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and from Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, are criticized for their late reaction to the pandemic.

Meanwhile, the best-performing institutions in a dozen Latin American countries are the Police and the Armed Forces, according to a new Ipsos study, which consulted 353 opinion leaders . . .