"I am sorry that someone having an opinion bothers you." Tell that to Chavez.

Meanwhile the student protests enter day three and growing.

Assessment of Chávez' government down 9 percent

During the first months of President Hugo Chávez' third period in office, the positive assessment of his administration has declined 9 percent, compared to the weeks prior to the presidential election held last December 3rd.

Oscar Schemel, director of research firm Hinterlaces, said that ending November last year 49 percent of Venezuelans rated Chávez' administration positively. In March, support for Chávez' government was 40 percent. Schemel attributed the decline to "tiredness, fatigue, lack of hope or frustration at unfulfilled promises and poor results" achieved through the Venezuelan government's policies.

Priority approach of ideological issues above day-to-day life problems, such as personal high crime rates, is another factor Schemel suggests to have undermined Chávez' support.

When assessing the satisfaction of the people who voted Chávez last December 3rd, Hinterlaces found that out of every 10 people, "three have regrets, and are angered and disappointed."

Further, Hinterlaces found that 81 percent of Venezuelans reject the closure of private television station RCTV, and brand Chávez' move not to renew the broadcast license for RCTV as "arbitrary, personal and limiting people's access to diverse choices."

http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/05/16/en_pol_art_assessment-of-chavez_16A869899.shtml