抖阴ap

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez’s approval ratings remain in the 50 percent range, but a majority of Venezuelans disapprove of the government’s performance on key issues such as crime, corruption and the economy, according to a poll released Wednesday.

The survey by the Caracas- based polling firm Datanalisis said Chavez’s popularity stood at about 49 percent in late July. The poll consulted 1,300 Venezuelans and had a margin of sampling error of nearly 3 percentage points.