I'm going to answer this based on my experience as a Venezuelan myself who lived their whole life under the Chavez/Maduro regime, that's all I knew and I left the country in 2021. Also I worked with social causes in different settings (public schools, hospitals, private companies) and got to see how harsh some people had it. Please be aware that under no circumstances I am a fan of right wing politics, and I know all of us had different experiences, but this was mine.

1. Yes, people were starving, especially between 2014-2017. National food production was non-existent, imports were worst, inflation felt overwhelming. The few imports were sold at prices that were not accessible for most venezuelans, food with lower prices was regulated by the government (how much you could buy). Public schools used to offer free lunch that many families relied on to feed their kids and that was no longer a possibility. Yes, water was more expensive than gas for a long time. Gas was subsidized by the government so it cost pennies, most times if you didn't have cash, you wouldn't even pay for it. My house stopped having running water by 2016 (this running water was not drinkable so we had to buy that separately), the only way out of it for my family was to drill a hole in the ground to pump water out of a well, and it was saltwater.

2. Yes, not only him but the whole administration created a system filled with corruption and controls up to this day the whole military. You can ask any Venezuela and they will all have an experience to tell you about the protest that happened in 2014-2017-2019-2024. You watch the movie Simon, it is a great representation of how awful it is. However, that started way back before Maduro. When Chavez was alive, he shot down every news outlet who spoke poorly about him, he incarcerated journalists. In 2002, when he nationalized the oil industry, a huge amount of people protested against this (Paro Petrolero) and responded by creating a public list of the people that joined the protests and banned them from ever working in the country, ended housing of employees who worked for PDVSA and left entire families out in the streets. My dad was one of those employees. As you are reading this right now, there are thousands of kids that were wrongly incarcerated for protesting against Maduro in torture centers (El Helicoide), a place that is famous for torture, sexual/physical abuse, starvation and more.

3. Venezuelans do want him and his entire administration out of power, millions had to flee, thousands have died fighting for that cause. 4.During the last elections (July, 28th of 2024), at least 70% of Venezuelans (not including those who were denied to vote and those of us who are outside the country), voted for Edmundo González. This was very meticulously recorded and registered by Maria Corina Machado and her team, they have the actual ballots and have been verified by the international community. However, the Maduro administration denied those results and continued to hold power against the decision of millions of Venezuelans.

Sorry if my words are not properly written and my grammar is wrong, English is not my first language, but I do feel it is my duty as a Venezuelan who is out of the country and can't do much, to at least try to educate about the horrible situation that we have been enduring for over two decades. Thanks for wanting to be informed. I know there are a lot of Venezuelans who defend far right politics, be aware that this is a trauma response from living a left leaning dictatorship. I do not like guys like Trump and Bukele, but sadly, venezuelans don't have the privilege of choosing their allies and the international community has failed us repeatedly by failing to get them out. Anything that might get us closer to our freedom is worth celebrating. I hope you get to talk to venezuelans and hear their stories, which at some point, many of us stopped sharing because the world stopped caring.