80% of Venezuelans want Maduro out and Chavismo GONE.

NATIONAL SENTIMENT! Antonio de la Cruz: "Luck is cast" for Maduro
Dolar Today / Aug 15, 2018 @ 9:56 pm

The polling company Meganálisis has just published the results of its August survey, in which they show the photograph of the political reality of Venezuela. It is a portrait of Venezuelan public opinion taken before the event known as "el dronazo".

The photograph of the political moment says that 8 out of 10 Venezuelans "want Maduro and Chavismo to leave Venezuela." The hyperinflation caused by the economic policies of the Plan de la Patria drown the pocket of Venezuelans. The inflation during the month of July reached 125% and the interannual 82.776%, according to the measurement of the National Assembly of Venezuela.

Likewise, the image captured by the opposition leadership indicates that almost the same proportion of Venezuelans (75.3%) blames the leaders of the Democratic Unity Table for the permanence of Nicolás Maduro in power, because "they coexist and keep him there. "Only one Venezuelan out of 10 thinks that "the people support him" -the images on the day of the supposed assassination reveal it-.

The lack of credibility, sincerity and competence in the leaders of the MUD to produce the change of government in Venezuela have undermined the confidence of the majority of Venezuelans in the traditional MUD politicians. The missed opportunities for the Maduro administration to leave the MUD leadership for the past three years have caused disconnection with the people. As a great friend he told me: "The political struggle of the MUD is more between the different leaders than by the seizure of power in Venezuela."

Faced with this void, product of the traditional political leadership of the country, 8 out of 10 Venezuelans believe that the Armed Forces must "convince Maduro to leave" -to renounce and open the way to a transition in Venezuela- for "well-being and future" of the Venezuelans. " In addition, they believe that traditional MUD politicians should "move away and disappear, allowing new leaders ('other faces') to lead the opposition struggle." And in this sense they recognize María Corina Machado as "the face" to lead "the new force or opposition unit." 40.7% believe in their leadership for the change, followed by Lorenzo Mendoza with 11.1%

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https://dolartoday.com/sentimiento-nacional-antonio-de-la-cruz-la-suerte-esta-echada-para-maduro/

The opposition is a curious thing. Despite the histrionics of the Marxist Leninists about how "right wing" the opposition in Venezuela is, it is decidedly leftist. What they would do, should Chavismo falter, is replace the failed paradigm with the SAME PARADIGM with themselves in the leadership role. Same sinking ship... different captain.

Venezuelans LOVED Chavez. He was charismatic, and he "got results" while the money was still rolling in... but he had the good luck of dying before the wheels came entirely off the Chavista train. He mortgaged everything up front, and now, like a Ponzi scam, it is all crashing down.

I still have a few relatives living there. They pine for "a new Chavez". Unfortunately, even Chavez himself wouldn't be able to plug the holes in the Venezuelan economic version of the Titanic.