People, use your brains! Maduro used to be extremely popular. Would he want to lose popularity on purpose? See the role of outside players and the rich white supremacist opposition to him.Their goal was to STARVE the poor and then bring US aid in as saviors. Then return to power!

Again, use your brains! Who was in charge of Venezuela for almost 2 hundreds years? THE SAME FAMILIES who want their Venezuela back! Venezuela in which a small minority of white people get ALL THE PROFIT. Chavez simply nationalized oil and used profits to LIFT UP the poor.

Chavez was extremely popular and Maduro was popular at first too. BUT THEY DIDN'T CONTROL THE COUNTRY, The reason is they were actually NOT dictators. So they suffered constant sabotage from the rich, which were allowed to keep their homes, 3/4 of V's wealth, trips to Miami.