Venezuela's Maduro Pledges To Crush Looming Strike

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published October 28, 2016 | 12:00 PM

Venezuela's Maduro pledges to crush looming strike

CARACAS, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Oct, 2016 ) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday sought to outflank his opponents in their bid to drive him from power, vowing to crush a threatened general strike.

The socialist leader is resisting growing pressure from the opposition, which blames him for the oil-rich South American country's plunge into economic chaos.

He said authorities would seize control of companies that join a general strike called for Friday by the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD).

"If a company stops, it will be taken over," he said in a televised speech. At the same time, he moved to placate hard-up citizens by promising to raise the minimum wage by 40 percent.

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