Brazil’s Bolsonaro to meet with truckers amid road blockades
Al Jazeera
Truckers are halting traffic on several Brazilian highways in support of Bolsonaro, despite his pleading them to stop.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is to meet by videoconference on Thursday with truckers leading blockades of highways in multiple states across the country, the infrastructure ministry said. Stirred up by the president’s call to action against the Supreme Court at Tuesday’s political rallies, the trucker protests had partially blocked highways in a half dozen states early on Wednesday, but gained steam as Bolsonaro was hesitant to publicly denounce them. By Thursday morning, the infrastructure ministry said there was congestion on federal highways in 14 states due to the protests with blockades in five states: Bahia, Maranhao, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Santa Catarina.More Related News