Maracay City, Venezuela - In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, you see the workers working diligently to make corn flake and sugary cereals in a new package displaying the Venezuelan flag and the words “Together for Venezuela.” They are wearing black caps with red letters that say, “Kellogg made in socialism.” In May of 2018, the Ke

long live the Bolivarian revolution

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    A signal and the word ‘expropriate’ were enough for Chávez to transfer a company into the hands of the government. The idea was inherited by his successor, who has continued with the measures against private property. More than 1,000 companies have been nationalized, expropriated and confiscated in the last 20 years. The controlled sectors are related to the oil, financial, commercial, construction, food, among others. Such is the case of Owens-Illinois, Sidetur, Fame of America, Agroisleña, Tidewater, Universal Compression Holdings, Kimberly Clark, Hipermercados Éxito, as well as others.

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    Lmao at the bits where they whine and complain about production being down when

    a) now the factories aren't running in hyper exploitation mode and over working the workers

    1. the raw material that Kellogg imported is locked behind American embargo, no shit it's harder to make when the guys with guns tell you you aren't allowed to get the food you need.