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Venezuela takes over Kimberly-Clark facilities: official

CARACAS, (APP/AFP) – Venezuela’s
embattled government said Monday it would take over operations at facilities where US consumer goods giant Kimberly-Clark just shut down, citing unworkable economic conditions.
“We are going to be signing at the workers’ request… to authorize
immediate occupation of the workplace known as Kimberly-Clark de Venezuela… by its workers,” Labor Minister Oswaldo Vera said at the facility’s plant in the central city of Maracay.