US companies clobbered by Venezuela's crisis
GM, Pepsi among firms paying dearly for country's political, economic woes brought on by oil slump, mismanagement
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THE political and economic crisis in Venezuela is costing US companies dearly, as General Motors can attest following the unexpected nationalisation of its plant there.
The big carmaker shut down its operations in Venezuela and laid off its 2,700 workers after the government on Wednesday seized the plant, which had been idle because of the chaotic market environment. The group had been operating in the South American country for 69 years.
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