Venezuela through the polls: Venezuelans trust Chevron more than their own president

For years, itโs been difficult to gauge opinions in Venezuela. Not because thereโs any shortage of them, but because expressing one has carried a very high cost. During Nicolรกs Maduroโs final years in power, polling stopped altogether. Some pollsters had to go into hiding, and people began responding to any political question with โdonโt knowโ or โno answer.โ