venezuala finally releases detained pepsi workers

A number of employees who were detained at a Pepsi plant in Venezuela on Friday have been released, the local PepsiCo division announced. 

 

Polar, Venezuela's largest food and drinks producer and the owner of the local Pepsi division, said the workers had been "arbitrarily detained".
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro routinely accuses the company of hoarding goods to harm the government.
Polar said it had halted production due to a lack of raw materials.
The company said that inspectors from Venezuela's Ministry of Labour had visited the plant in Caucagua in central Miranda state on Friday.
According to Polar, Venezuela's currency control system, which restricts the access to foreign currencies, had left it unable to import the raw materials needed to keep up production.
Local media said those arrested were the manager of the plant, two human resources employees and a lawyer.
President Nicolas Maduro has repeatedly accused the CEO of Polar, Lorenzo Mendoza, of attacking not just the government but the Venezuelan people.
Speaking at an election rally earlier this month, President Maduro addressed Mr Mendoza: "Oligarch of the devil, are you afraid of the people? Here are the people who are going to beat you, you who are evil and perverse and who hides goods from the people."