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Weekly Report - 30 April 2015 (WR-15-17)
VENEZUELA: Squeeze on firms engaging in ‘economic war’
President Nicolás Maduro’s counter-offensive against what he considers an ‘economic war’ has begun to fill the jails with people accused of collaborating in one way or another with the enemy. Maduro himself has singled out the umbrella business association Fedecámaras as a prime target and announced that he will be taking harsh measures against its members.
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