Colombia trucker strike causing rising food prices and food shortages
A trucker strike that has kept approximately 40% of trucks off the road in Colombia is beginning to cause food shortages and increased food prices in Bogota and Medellin.
A trucker strike that has kept approximately 40% of trucks off the road in Colombia is beginning to cause food shortages and increased food prices in Bogota and Medellin.
The highway connecting Colombia and Ecuador has been closed by authorities following an explosives attack allegedly carried out by FARC rebels on Monday evening.
The government of Bogota said on Tuesday that car traffic in Colombia’s capital has doubled over the past ten years.
Construction of a proposed Pacific rail line, which would increase China’s access to Colombia’s coal resources, is still under negotiation, according to China’s ambassador to Colombia, Zhou Quan.
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In order to stop a two-week long truckers strike, Colombia’s government has offered to freeze fuel prices. According to the truckers this is a “band-aid solution.”
In an apparent attempt to decrease escalated tensions between Colombia’s authorities and striking economic sectors, farmers from the most heavily struck areas on Friday announced they’d be lifting roadblocks.
Fifty Ecuadorean nationals who were stranded in Colombia because of strike action have been returned to their home country Wednesday.