ANDREW MALCOLM: Latin America’s Giving Up on Obama, Too. “Just as his favorable rating and job approval have plunged during these past 39 months at home, the same is happening all across Latin America. According to a new Gallup Opinion Briefing out this morning, Obama’s median job approval rating in that region was 62% right after he took office in 2009. Today, it’s 47%, a drop of 15 points or 25%.”