Kimberly-Clark’s Venezuela Closing Broke Law, Maduro Says
- Consumer-products maker said impossible to continue business
- President Maduro says company violated laws by closing plant
A consumer walks around empty shelves due to the lack of foreign currency cause lack of imported stuffs at a state-run super market on December 18, 2014 in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Kimberly-Clark Corp., the consumer-products giant that owns Kleenex and Huggies, violated Venezuela’s laws by suspending its operations in the South American country, President Nicolas Maduro said.
“Forty-eight hours ago, without notice, a U.S. company called Kimberly-Clark, violating national laws and the constitution, fired almost 1,000 workers from its production plant, closed the door and left the country,” Maduro said on state television. He added that the government would support the workers now in control of the plant.