The truth is that the only ones who really control all the supplies are the mafia who are composed by the corrupts in the dictatorship circle.
There have been elites that have tried to control the market. That's understandable, but they didn't provoke the humanitarian crises .
"Chavez has been demonized but you're absolutely right he has done a lot for the poor of his country"
The contribution from was Chavez was nothing more than to keep people poor. Ironically, that wouldn't look so bad, though it REALLY is, compared the current dictator.
The monster turned prosper people into poor homless. And it worst of all, it was by design (Cuba intervention). Sink them into extreme poverty, you will control them.