Only two out of 10 Venezuelans put the blame on President Hugo Chávez for the country's problems. According to poll firm Venezuelan Institute for Data Analysis (IVAD), 63.2 percent of Venezuelan held accountable the different bodies of the Executive branch of government for domestic troubles; 20.1 percent held Venezuela's President responsible; 11.4 percent attributed the problems to state governors and 6.2 percent to Mayors.

With regard to confidence in President Chávez, 51.6 percent had little or no confidence; another 21.6 percent said that they had little confidence and 30 percent no confidence at all. Meanwhile, 15.7 percent was highly confident, 20.2 percent trusted the president and 11.7 percent was somewhat confident.

With respect to political allegiance, 36 percent said they support President Chávez, 33.4 percent was against Chávez, 26.1 percent was independent, 1.9 percent was not interested in politics, and 2.6 percent did not know/did not respond.

As for the Venezuelan economy, 62.5% considered that the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar was not favorable. About the causes of the power crisis, 39.8 held the President responsible; 25.8 percent blamed nature, particularly El Niño meteorological phenomenon, 11.3 percent blamed people and their lack of conscience.

On water supply problems, 32.2 percent said that the problem can be attributed to scarce rains whereas 24.6 percent held the government responsible.

Translated by Gerardo Cárdenas