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Nov 7, 2015

STRIKE * Brazil: Government working to stop trucker strike

Sao Paulo - Government scrambling to block planned strike for Monday


-- The government of Brazil is scrambling to block a strike planned by independent truck drivers for Monday... Drivers want a reduction in the taxation of diesel fuel and the scrapping of fines imposed on them for the previous strike and “spontaneous roadblocks” carried out during a two-week period back in February. They also want the government to provide “soft loans” with subsidized interest rates... Brazil’s prime minister, Dilma Rousseff, has sent Ricardo Berzoini, of the government secretariat, and Justice Minister Eduardo Cardozo to enter talks with truckers’ representatives and also to monitor their movements in the run-up to Monday. A strike would hurt the economy and deal another blow to Rousseff who has been reeling from backlash over the ailing economy and corruption allegations... The Comando Nacional do Transporte, or National Transport Command, claims to speak for some of the independent truck drivers and is among those voices calling for the strike. The group has links to Movimento Brasil Livre (MBL, or Free Brazil Movement) and Revoltados On Line (the On Line Disgusted), which are social media movements trying to bring down the Rousseff government... 
Santos, S.P., Brazil - J.O.C., by Rob Ward - Nov 05, 2015

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