Most in Latin America Like U.S.
A 2014 Pew Research Center survey of 43 countries around the world showed that a median of 65% of people in Latin America had a positive view of the U.S. While not quite as positive as attitudes toward America in Africa (74%), this level of approval is on par with views in Europe (66%) and Asia (66%) and much higher than in the Middle East (30%). The survey was conducted last spring before Obama’s diplomatic opening to Cuba.
Majorities in all but one of nine Latin American countries surveyed view the U.S. favorably. Attitudes toward the U.S. have remained positive or grown more favorable in four countries Pew Research surveyed in both 2007 and 2014. In 2007, a majority of Chileans (55%) said they had a favorable view of the U.S. This number jumped to 72% in 2014, an increase of 17 percentage points. And in Argentina, the Latin American country most critical of the U.S., favorable views have jumped 20 points, from only 16% in 2007 to 36% now. The change has been less marked in Mexico, where favorable opinions of the U.S. have increased by 7 percentage points (56% favorable in 2007 vs. 63% in 2014). Favorable views of the U.S. in Peru remained steady, going from 61% in 2007 to 65% in the latest survey.
Most in Latin America Like U.S.  | Views of USS  | Unfavorable  | Favorable  | El Sa vador  | 15%  | 80%  | 19  | Chile  | 72  | Nica ragua  | 18  | 71  | Peru  | 23  | 65  | 27  | Brazil  | 65  | Colombia  | 64  | 22  | Mexico  | 31  | 63  | Venezuela  | 31  | 62  | Arge untina 44  | 36  | Source: Spring 2014 Globs Attitudes survey.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 