Tag: Brazil truckers strike

• Friday, February 27th 2015 - 08:14 UTC

  Striking Brazilian truckers will be fined for roadblocks, warns government

  

  The Brazilian government will start fining truckers as a strike in its ninth day threatens Latin America’s largest economy with food and fuel shortages. According to a report from Folha de Sao Paulo, the police will fine drivers who block highways as much as 10,000 Reais (3,470 dollars) per hour, Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo told reporters in Brasilia.

• Thursday, February 26th 2015 - 05:17 UTC

  Truckers strike is bringing Brazil and Rousseff's administration to its knees

  

  The Brazilian government told truckers and transport companies late Wednesday it would extend a year of free financing for vehicles and pass a law that would benefit the sector if protesters ended a crippling strike now in its eighth day.