Posted on 05/20/2016 7:34:12 PM PDT by fruser1
Coca-Cola is halting production in Venezuela of its namesake beverage due to a sugar shortage brought on by the country's grinding economic crisis.
The Atlanta-based company said in an emailed statement Friday said that its production of sugar-sweetened beverages will be suspended in the coming days after local suppliers reported they had run out of the raw material. Sugar-free beverages are not affected and the company said its offices and distribution centers remain open in Venezuela.
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For a country on the brink of starvation, they get diet soda.
That might just push someone over the edge.
But, didn’t they say “I’d like to buy the world a Coke?”
Bernie. Please take note.
You know you are in trouble when you get find a Coke
It’s probably their biggest company. Coca-Cola is freakin’ HUGE!
It’s back to Mexico for Coke.
Trump’s harsh campaign rhetoric is obviously responsible for this.
It’s the Real Thing!
The Venezuelan communist govt will issue arrest warrants against Coca Cola executives
They made it against the law to shut down a factory
I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke Commercial - 1971In Honor Of Socialists Everywhere!
Yep, Maduro is and has been arresting those who refuse to operate at a loss, then expropriating their assets as the defendants await trial. It's a socialist dream come true for the well-connected, a vampire economy of kleptocracy.
Might as well shut down. I bet they haven’t served Cuba Libre there since the Communists seized power under Chavez.
So they may just confiscate abandoned stripped down Coca Cola factories and produce a new socialista beverage? Made with no ingredients?
Rat cola?
“I can’t pay you. Maduro has to.”
“Where is he?”
“He’s out.”
“I can see that he’s out, numbnuts. Give me a Coke.”
“One Coke.”
“Hey that’s 50,000 bolivars!”
“Yeah well Maduro raised the price of Coke. He’s been losing at the track.”
“Well I ain’t paying no 50,000 bolivars for no Coke.”
“Oh ho, then you ain’t getting no Coke. Know what I’m talking about?”
Socialism works! Vote Bernie or Hitlary!
/need I?
Something tells me this is not the pause that refreshes.
Don’t understand. Venezuela is best buds with Cuba and if nothing else Cuba has sugar. I guess when you run out of money you have no friends. Ain’t Socialism grand.
Nice Caddyshack Reference...
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