"There is a lot of corruption going on. The unemployment rate is too high.
VOA: standard.2009.11.27
In order for a democratic centrist to win the next election, they may not only have to contend with Garcia's inability to sufficiently bring down the poverty rate and reduce corruption but with the interference of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez.
Corruption was seen as a key problem by 17% of Spaniards in the government's main "CIS" survey last December, nearly double the rate of the previous month and the highest rate by far since the term "corruption and fraud" was included in the poll 11 years ago.
On returning home, Mr Miller, who has become deeply unpopular as a result of corruption scandals, bungled health reforms and Poland's 20% unemployment rate, announced his resignation (see article).