On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Michael Pugliese wrote:
> Michael Pollak>...[Just a footnote -- the oft-cited statistic that 60% of
> Venezuelans are opposed to Chavez and 30% support him is based on phone
> polls, afaict.
Fwiw, Steve Ellner in his article in the current Nation puts forward the off the cuff but on the surface more in accord with appearances estimate that 50% of the population is in the middle, doesn't wholly sympathize with either side, and fears civil war, with a quarter on both sides being vehement.
Michael