Venezuelan soldiers seized a food distribution center rented
by companies including Nestle SA, PepsiCo. Inc and Empresas Polar SA in Caracas
as the government looks to boost support ahead of elections. The companies were
given two months to remove equipment and stock at the La Yaguara industrial
park, which will be converted to social housing, workers said. Several dozen
workers of Polar, the largest Venezuelan food company, remain on the premises
in protest against the expropriation. “I’m scared not just for my job but for
the entire country,” Beatrice Pellicer, a 24-year-old Polar corporate relations
worker, said outside the warehouse sealed by armed police and National Guards.
“We all just found out this morning that we have 60 days to leave.” More… 
Friday, July 31, 2015
Venezuela Seizes Nestle, Polar Warehouse to Build Housing
Venezuelan soldiers seized a food distribution center rented
by companies including Nestle SA, PepsiCo. Inc and Empresas Polar SA in Caracas
as the government looks to boost support ahead of elections. The companies were
given two months to remove equipment and stock at the La Yaguara industrial
park, which will be converted to social housing, workers said. Several dozen
workers of Polar, the largest Venezuelan food company, remain on the premises
in protest against the expropriation. “I’m scared not just for my job but for
the entire country,” Beatrice Pellicer, a 24-year-old Polar corporate relations
worker, said outside the warehouse sealed by armed police and National Guards.
“We all just found out this morning that we have 60 days to leave.” More… 
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