Venezuela orders Polar beer workers to lift strike

Venezuela's Labor Ministry has ordered workers to lift a strike at beer maker Polar that had halted two of its breweries and restricted supplies of beer in the South American nation. Unions close to the government of President Nicolas Maduro in early July shut down the two plants as well as 16 distribution centers as part of demands for better salaries. "The conflict and strike are declared over," said the Labor Ministry's inspectorate in a decision published on Wednesday in the Official Gazette. More…