Chile's Kast struggles to end nationwide truckers' strike
The proposal would freeze gasoline and diesel prices until Feb. 3 and cost an estimated $550 million, officials said.
- Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz said the relief package will cost about US$500 million over two fiscal years.
- Smaller and independent transport groups rejected the agreement and continued blocking roads in parts of Chile, leaving some highways only partly open.
- The agreement was intended to end the work stoppage, but No+TAG said the offer did not address its demands.
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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.
Chilean Trucking Union Blockades Force Fuel Price Freeze
Trucking union blockades have evolved into a mechanism for influencing national fiscal policy, as evidenced by the government's decision to freeze fuel prices until February. Claudio Agostini, an economist at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, characterizes these actions as "blackmail," arguing that state decisions are increasingly driven by protester demands rather than economic rationale. The precedent for securing tax concessions through mobilization…
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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