About Us
Latinobarómetro is a public opinion survey that annually conducts around 20,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 600 million inhabitants.
The Latinobarómetro Corporation is a non-profit NGO based in Santiago, Chile, solely responsible for the production and publication of the data.
The Latinobarómetro Corporation studies the development of democracy, the economy, and society as a whole, using public opinion indicators that measure attitudes, values, and behaviors. The results are used by socio-political actors in the region, as well as international organizations, governments, and the media.
The Executive Director of the survey is Marta Lagos.
The Latinobarómetro Corporation
A private non-profit corporation based in Santiago, Chile, responsible for implementing the Latinobarómetro project and distributing its data.
It has a Chilean board (governed by Chilean law) and an international advisory council that guides the direction of the project.
Latinobarómetro is an initiative designed, produced, and used mainly in the region by social and political actors, with no ties of dependency to external institutions.
Executive Director
Marta Lagos is the founding director of the Latinobarómetro Corporation. A professional pollster, she has been conducting surveys since 1984 (CERC) and, since 1994, has led her own research company in partnership with MORI (UK).
Author of the CERC Barometer and numerous publications, she has correctly anticipated the results of Chilean presidential elections since 1988. She is a member of the World Values Survey and participates in the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. She has advised in 23 countries on surveys and transitional electoral processes and coordinates the Globalbarometers.
Read more: history of Latinobarómetro.
Contact: mlagos@latinobarometro.org
Board of Directors
The Board is composed of Chilean academics and public figures in the field of Social Sciences (former ministers, senators, ambassadors, and former directors of institutes at the University of Chile).
- President: Marta Maurás.
- Other members include Ricardo Núñez, Carlos Huneeus, Osvaldo Puccio
International Advisory Council
Made up of academics and experts with extensive experience in empirical studies, internationally recognized and committed to developing indicators for the region.
- Juan Linz — Dept. of Sociology, Yale University (USA).
- Seymour Martin Lipset — George Mason University (USA).
- Ronald Inglehart — Institute for Social Research, Univ. of Michigan (USA).
- Max Kaase — Bremen International University (Germany)
- Hans-Dieter Klingemann — WZB Berlin Social Science Center (Germany).
- Anna Melich — Eurobarometer (Belgium).
- Robert Worcester — (UK).
- Rafael López Pintor — Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain).
- Brian Gosschalk — CEO, MORI (UK).
- Bolívar Lamounier — Professor and consultant; advisor to President Cardoso (1994–1998).
- Roland Cayrol — CSA (France).
- Osvaldo Hurtado — Former President of Ecuador; President of CORDES.
- Monsignor Agripino Núñez — Rector, PUCMM (Dominican Republic).
The Council contributes annually to defining themes, designing the questionnaire, interpreting results, and promoting their use in various forums.
Donors
The initial support of the European Union enabled the project to begin with four countries. Since then, Latinobarómetro has received local, private, and international support that has made its expansion and continuity possible.
The survey has had, and continues to have, multiple sources of funding — international organizations, regional and extra-regional governments, and the private sector — including: IDB, UNDP, AECI, SIDA, CIDA, CAF, OAS, United States Office of Research, International IDEA, and the UK Data Archive.