Brazil close to paralysis as truckers' strike stops fuel deliveries

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With even airports running low on fuel reserves, the Brazilian government has struck a last-minute deal to avert 15 days of nationwide truck strikes. In the port of Santos there were virtually no arrivals or departures of trucks for three days, the management said, even if the “loading and unloading operations of ships continues normally” for now. In Brasilia, the airport was allowing only planes to land that had enough fuel to take off again, while the price of fruits ...