Coca-Cola Halts Production in Venezuela Over Lack of Sugar

Coca-Cola has stopped making its trademark fizzy pop in Venezuela due to a shortage of sugar in the economically troubled South American country.

Reuters reports that production of Coke, as well as other sugar-sweetened drinks, has halted completely, citing a combination of government price controls, rising costs of production, restrictive labor laws and a lack of fertilizer that have pushed many small-scale farmers to switch to other crops.