Post by white on Mar 4, 2013 21:30:46 GMT -5
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Truckers in Colombia begin strike
Published: March. 4, 2013
BUENAVENTURA, Colombia, March 4 (UPI) -- Truck drivers in Colombia have shut down a critical road to the port of Buenaventura to protest a hike in gasoline prices, reports say.
Colombia Reports said Monday that truckers had blocked the road to Cali, the country's third largest city, following through on Friday's ACC union declaration that action would be taken to make their point concerning a recent hike in gasoline prices.
"Colombia only understands things the hard way," ACC president, Pedro Aguilar said last week.
Reports estimated 12 trucks were blocking the road with five of them stripped of their tires to make it harder to clear the road.
The port of Buenaventura can operate for a month despite the strike, the port's director Domingo Chinea said.
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