Support For Venezuelan President Maduro Continues To Decline

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (L) waves next to his wife and deputy of Venezuela's United Socialist Party (PSUV) Cilia Flores and in front of a picture of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, during a rally in Caracas March 12, 2016. REUTERS/CARLOS GARCIA RAWLINS

Reuters: Two-thirds of Venezuelans say Maduro presidency should end this year: poll

Just under two-thirds of Venezuelans think Nicolas Maduro's presidency should end this year as the opposition pushes to oust him amid a grueling economic crisis, a survey by a leading pollster said.

Socialist-run Venezuela's struggling state-led economic model and a fall in the price of oil, its biggest export, have led to acute shortages of everything from rice to contraceptives, galloping three-digit inflation, and a profound recession.

Some 63.6 percent of Venezuelans say Maduro should quit this year or be removed via a recall referendum, versus some 29.3 percent of Venezuelans who want him to keep governing until 2019, when his mandate ends, according to the poll seen by Reuters on Saturday.

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WNU Editor: When you read stories like this one .... In Venezuela, the government turns out the lights (Toronto Star), or this one .... Update: Venezuela Is Running Short of Everything (AS/COA) .... you have to wonder why only two-thirds want to see him gone.