Brazil Working Around Strike But Fuel, Food Is Still Scarce
- Some cargoes are being escorted by police to supply hospitals
- Government has no forecast when situation will be normalized
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Brazil’s crippling nationwide truckers strike is into its sixth day, but road blockages are starting to wind down after the government deployed armed forces to break up hundreds of blockades and a key drivers’ association asked its members to back down.
Some fuel and food has started to be delivered, though is still unclear when operations will return to normal, Institutional Security Minister Sergio Etchegoyen told reporters in Brasilia, the capital, late Saturday.