CARACAS, Venezuela?After surviving a botched coup attempt, President Hugo Chavez won a precarious second honeymoon Monday from Venezuela’s business elite and upper classes that rose up to overthrow him last week.

But opposition leaders expressed reservations about Chavez’s willingness to bring about reform, despite fresh assurances from his government.

“The entire government is ready to make changes,” Defense Minister Jose Vicente Rangel said.

Addressing fears the government would embark on a witchhunt for its opponents, he said the Cabinet named by Pedro Carmona had been freed.

Carmona, who took over the presidency during Chavez’s two-day ouster, remained in the custody of secret police, along with over 100 military personnel also arrested in the revolt.

About 40 people are known to have been slain in the violence following Chavez’s ouster.