Chile's Kast struggles to end nationwide truckers' strike
The government proposed a 90-day price freeze after hundreds of trucks blocked highways and delayed access to seaports handling key exports.
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In Chile, fuel prices have risen again. The country has seen multiple increases since José Antonio Kast's far right government came to power in March 2026. Truckers, angry, have been disrupting the main roads throughout the country since Tuesday, November 10.
Truck drivers, taxi drivers and professional motorists had blocked roads in Chile due to the high price of diesel The post Chile: Cancels fuel price increases to end roadblocks appeared first on in.gr.
Agreement between the Cast government and the transport unions to cancel the last price increase and reduce it by 100 pesos (0.09 euros) per liter
Interior Minister Claudio Alvarado announces an understanding with hauliers from the north and south to reverse the last increase in gasoline and apply an additional fall for diesel
Chile offers truckers a fuel freeze and tax relief—but the nationwide strike is still going
Chile's government announced a fuel freeze through February 2027 and emergency measures for truckers, but the nationwide strike continues pending union consultations and congressional approval.
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