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Amid Venezuela Protests, G.M. Plant Is Seized, and Company Exits

April 21, 2017

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Venezuela was once among the most lucrative markets in Latin America for foreign businesses, a country oozing in oil and blessed with an emerging middle class hungry for everything modern, from new cars to snug-fitting disposable diapers.

But the good times are long gone, and on Thursday, General Motors became the latest in a wave of international companies that have shut their doors voluntarily or under duress.

In G.M.’s case, the Venezuelan authorities seized the company’s local vehicle assembly plant.

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