Posted on 05/23/2016 3:32:18 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
May 23 (Reuters) - The Venezuelan bottler of Coca-Cola has halted production of sugar-sweetened beverage due to a lack of sugar, a Coca-Cola Co spokeswoman said on Monday.
Venezuela is in the midst of a deep recession, and spontaneous demonstrations and looting have become more common amid worsening food shortages, frequent power cuts and the world's highest inflation.
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And Venezuela is a sugar-producing country—in the Caribbean Basin, where much of the world’s sugar is produced.
Yes, yesterday an interview in the street about the origins of our country - the Revolutionary War - brought this answer from one ‘youngster’: “It was fought between the English and, I think, the Confederacy??” Needless to say, he stumbled on the word Confederacy and could barely pronounce it.
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