Venezuela
Companies
Consumer price inflation in Venezuela climbed 2% in May compared to 1.8% in April, the Central Bank of Venezuela has reported. Inflation continued on an upwards path despite economic...
2009-06-10Companies
Recently released coffee industry figures show that the Venezuelan coffee sector suffered a particularly nightmarish year in FY09, resulting in an output of 846,000 bags, representing...
2009-05-20Companies
The Venezuelan Government of Hugo Chavez has seized control of a pasta factory owned by US food giant Cargill following a dispute over prices. Deputy Food Minister Rafael Coronado...
2009-05-18Companies
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has given Coca-Cola Femsa two weeks to vacate a plot of land which the government wishes to use for social housing. The plot is in Western Caracas...
2009-03-12Companies
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has ordered military troops to seize control of rice processing mills in his latest attack on the country's private food sector. Chávez accuses...
2009-03-03Companies
The threat of appropriation has risen for Venezuela's food producers after the country's President Hugo Chávez enacted a range of presidential decrees that consolidate state control...
2008-08-12Industry
South America's largest Coca-Cola bottled Coca-Cola Femsa has seen its Venezuelan operations severely hampered by the actions of local protestors who have picketed factories and set...
2008-04-02Industry
The Venezuelan government has taken more steps towards nationalising the country's food industry after periodic shortages of basic food stuffs threatened to undermine President Chavez's...
2008-03-27
