In Hungry Venezuela, a Brazil Beef Giant Has Extraordinary Power

A police officer directs people waiting in line to buy government-subsidized meat in the plaza outside the National Electoral Council, the agency which supervises of national elections, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. December elections are looming as hyperinflation, falling production and rising crime have led to food rationing, riots and looting. "The government's main worry now is food supply," Fernando Portela, executive director of the Venezuelan-Brazilian Trade Chamber, or Cavenbra, said. "They need to keep supplying shops to stay in power." Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images