Two countries left for Coca-Cola and capitalism to conquer

Coca-Cola has opened a bottling plant in Burma – the first time it has had a production facility there for more than 60 years. The world’s largest soft-drink maker is one of the first US firms to invest in Burma following Washington’s decision to suspend sanctions against the country. There are now only two countries where the company does not do business. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22775321 It left Cuba after the revolution, when Fidel Castro’s government began seizing private assets, and it has never operated in North Korea.From 1962 to 2011, Burma was ruled by a military junta that suppressed almost all dissent. Most US investment was banned. But since reforms by President Thein Sein’s government two years ago, many international companies have become interested in potential investment in the country.

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