Truckers’ strike paralyzes Chilean commerce
Not only are truckloads of salmon beginning to spoil, every type of good imaginable is sitting somewhere along Chile’s principal highway, stretching 4,300 kilometres from north to south. As for the general public, the gas stations throughout the country have run out of fuel, and public transportation is at a standstill. As for the salmon industry, farms are running out of feed, and fish are not being harvested, processed, or exported. Since the onset of the strike on Tuesday, the domino affect took less than 48 hours to affect in some way every facet of the nation’s economic activity. Today the Minister of Transport René Cortázar will negociate with Juan Araya, president of the National Confederation of Truck Owners to put an end to the conflict.
