GM halts Venezuela operations after government seizes factory
maker General Motors has operated in Venezuela for 69 years (AFP Photo/BILL PUGLIANO)/ Sao Paulo (AFP) - General Motors has shut down its Venezuelan operation and laid off 2,678 people after the crisis-struck Latin American country nationalized the plant and seized cars, the company says. On Wednesday, the factory was "unexpectedly seized by the Venezuelan authorities, preventing normal operations," GM's spokesperson in Brazil, Julia Bastos, said Thursday in an email. "In addition to this, other activities of the company, such as cars, were ...
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