Many now support the opposition but are afraid to show it for fear of losing their jobs in the Maduro government, employees said.
By Mary Beth Sheridan and Mary Beth Sheridan Correspondent covering Mexico and Central America Email Bio Follow Rachelle Krygier March 5 at 12:59 PM CARACAS, Venezuela — Opposition leader Juan Guaidó stepped up efforts Tuesday to remove President Nicolás Maduro, meeting with public-sector unions in an attempt to peel away support from the authoritarian government.
Instead, the authorities allowed him back in. But Maduro still controls the state apparatus, including the powerful military. Health workers attend a meeting of Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaidó with union leaders in Caracas on March 5, 2019. One worker, from the federal public notary and registry office, said the majority of the department’s 4,000 employees supported Guaidó.
“The answer was that I should take care. That they hoped I’d succeed. I didn’t receive answers about whether people would come. They’re too afraid,” he said. “Now that I’ve arrived, I don’t see any of them.” Maduro has become deeply unpopular as Venezuela’s economy has disintegrated, with hyperinflation topping 1 million percent and supplies of food and medicine dwindling.
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