Oscar Schemel, the president of polling company Hinterlaces, says that the post-Chávez era started from the implementation of devaluation. He stressed that 65 percent of respondents believe that Chávez must leave office in 2012.

The director of Hinterlaces said polls show that the approval rating of President Chávez has declined due to worsening quality of life, insecurity, pessimism and hopelessness.

According to a poll conducted in February-March among 1,500 people, 68 percent of Venezuelans reject government's expropriations and the nationalization of private companies.

The President of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VenAmCham), Carlos Henrique Blohm, said that the government has affected 30 member companies of the Chamber due to the expropriation and nationalization processes implemented by Chávez Administration.