Ana Vanessa Herrero

People that are trying to get their son or their daughter off of this poison that they've been fed.

I think you're going to find that there's a very receptive ear to doing exactly what they're doing, taking out those boats.

I did see people going to the supermarket.

I mean, the meat was gone and the chicken was gone.

But then two days after that... Then just more waiting.

Nothing had happened.

Everything was back to normal.

My name is Ana Vanessa Herrero, and I'm an investigative reporter based in Caracas.

I am working right now with The Washington Post.

The reaction is not...

a unified reaction.

It's not like the people of the entire countries, for example, marching against or, you know, claiming to be in favor of.

No.

So the situation, for example, in Sucre, where this is the coast region where all the boats are allegedly coming from.

And I say allegedly because we don't have confirmation from the

And they're scared.

They don't feel safe that in their daily shores, their daily life, they're not going to be attacked somehow.

But outside of Sucre, the situation is absolutely different.

So Venezuelans are really not focusing on the attacks on the vessels, but focusing on the economy.

Everyone has like PTSD right now.