According to the latest Monitor-País (Country Monitor) report from the Hinterlaces polling firm, 96% of citizens say they are proud to be Venezuelan.
Meanwhile, a 95% consider that being a believer is what provides them with a moral and existential foundation for facing difficulties and challenges.
In the report, respondents describe themselves as:
88%: hardworking
79%: entrepreneurial
80%: optimistic
85%: hopeful
82%: family-centered
The study indicates that, despite the adverse context, the Venezuelan maintains a solid and deep social and cultural self-esteem, which has prevented attempts at neuroticism from fracturing social cohesion.
Likewise, it highlights the Venezuelan is “religious but not clerical,” with a spirituality primarily experienced in the personal and family scope. In terms of confidence, Venezuelans place their strength in their identity, faith, effort, and family.
It also points out that pride is cultural, not political; faith is personal, and effort is expressed in the individual, familiar, and in community scopes, although accompanied by a demand for attention and support from the State and its institutions.
“The mind and heart of the country have been shaken once again. The cultural and emotional battle is intensifying,” it concludes.