Venezuelans are much more optimistic about the future after the US seized authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro, and want free elections held this year, according to the first face-to-face opinion poll since Washington’s military intervention.
Seventy-two per cent of those polled felt Venezuela was moving in a positive direction after Maduro’s capture, although 58 per cent thought security had worsened, according to the poll by Gold Glove Consulting, a firm run by the former Latin America adviser to president Barack Obama.
The optimism marked a dramatic change from June 2024, when three-quarters of people polled felt the oil-exporting nation was on the wrong track, according to previous Gold Glove polling.
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