The OAS in Peru: Room for Improvement
Cynthia McClintock
Journal of Democracy, October 2001
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The survey mentioned in endnote 6 was conducted by the Osores public opinion firm in July 2001. The methodology was random-route through 23 different parts of Lima, ranging from disadvantaged areas such as Villa El Salvador to lower middle class areas such as Rimac and wealthy areas such as La Molina. If the designated person in a designated household declined to be interviewed, however, the interviewer proceeded to the next house. The rate of refusal was higher among women, leading to an overrepresentation of men in the survey. Of the 110 respondents, 66 percent were male and 34 percent female.
The survey included ten items. Beyond the item reported in the article, questions were posed about the importance of the first vladivideo (video of Vladimiro Montesinos) and other factors to the downfall of Fujimori/Montesinos and also about attitudes toward Europe, the United States, and U.S. policy in general. These results will be reported in future scholarly work.
The question referred to in the article was worded as follows: “A quien o a que se debio la caida de Alberto Fujimori/Vladimiro Montesinos? 1) El primer vladivideo? 2) La OEA? 3) Toledo y la Marcha de los 4 Suyos? 4) El gobierno de los Estados Unidos? 5) La sociedad civil y los partidos politicos en general? 5) Otro?”
The following is the complete breakdown of the responses: 54 percent, the vladivideo; 16 percent, civil society and political parties in general; 15 percent, Toledo and his protest march; 2 percent, the OAS; 1 percent, the U.S. government; and 10 percent, other.