PING – Hugo is at it again!
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Posted on 10/24/2006 3:00:57 AM PDT by CrawDaddyCA
More than 10,000 former workers of Coca-Cola's subsidiary in Venezuela are blockading bottling plants and depots.
They say a Mexican-based subsidiary of Coke owes them a large amount of money in unpaid social benefits.
But Coca-Cola representatives in Mexico have roundly condemned the blockade as an illegal act.
The protesters are being backed by a special parliamentary commission consisting of leftist legislators loyal to President Hugo Chavez.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Well, knock me over with an anvil!
Venezuela Ping.
So move out of Venezuela. Import your Coke from the US.
That would be a switch: Venezuela importing Coke from the US.
Coca Cola=Atlanta=Jimmah Cawter+Chavez=?????
Now Hugo's done it.
You don't mess around with Coca Cola, those boys play for keeps. We're talking real business here.
Watch for Hugo to contract some rare tropical disease.
Nice to see the Mexicans and Chavez's fan club going at it. Wasn't Vicente Fox the head honcho at Coke in Mexico at one time? It wouldn't surprise me if there were some legitimate payment issues involved.
Colonel "Bat" Guano: "You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
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