Venezuelan soldiers take over food distributor's warehouse
Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's largest food distributor on Thursday
denounced the government occupation of a Caracas warehouse amid
accusations that the company is hoarding goods.
Soldiers took over the warehouse complex used by Empresas Polar late
Wednesday, just as Venezuela's federation of brewers announced that
Polar's beer manufacturing subsidiary is shutting two of its six plants
because of a lack of imported barley.
The South American oil-exporting nation is grappling with chronic
shortages of all kinds of staples from sugar to toilet paper, which
businesses blame on the socialist government's economic policies.
President Nicolas Maduro has accused Polar of sabotaging the economy by
hoarding goods and intentionally creating shortages, a charge the
company denies. As December congressional elections approach, Maduro has
been levying frequent attacks on sectors he claims are staging an
economic war against Venezuelans.
Workers said the takeover was intended to provide land for new houses,
another resource that has become scarce in Caracas in recent years.
Polar executive Manuel Felipe Larrazabal asked the administration to
reconsider the occupation, saying it had already paralyzed the company's
supply chain in the capital.
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