So, When Do They Bomb Venezuela? [View all]

[JimGinPA]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/venezuela-seizes-a-gm-plant-amid-antigovernment-protests/2017/04/20/e58a229c-25c7-11e7-928e-3624539060e8_story.html?utm_term=.09fdd964c98c

Venezuelan authorities seized a General Motors plant Wednesday, an unexpected move that appeared aimed at provoking U.S. authorities and distracting attention from intensifying protests against President Nicolás Maduro.

The plant takeover happened on the same day that huge crowds of demonstrators marched against Maduro’s government, calling for new elections and a return to democratic rule.

GM called the expropriation of its plant “an illegal judicial seizure of its assets” and vowed legal action to defend itself. The company is not the first foreign firm whose assets have been confiscated by Venezuelan authorities, but those actions have typically been preceded by repeated public threats from the socialist government.

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