GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT, GOOD AND HARD, PART II: Venezuelans Living Life on the Line.

The average Venezuelan shopper spends 35 hours waiting to buy subsidized goods each month. That’s three times more than in 2014, the polling firm Datanalisis says.

As Venezuela’s lines grow longer, they also grow more dangerous. More than two dozen people were killed in line in the past 12 months, including a 4-year-old girl caught in gang crossfire. Vasquez once had to run down the block to avoid getting caught up in a knife fight that broke out when a woman was accused of cutting the line.

And what’s missing from the AP’s heart-wrenching report?