24
May 2018 – My motorcycle was to be palletized, boxed and inspected
by Customs Officials / Inspecionados por funcionarios aduaneiros
today. It wasn’t, because of the trucker’s strike which blocked
traffic into Afonso Pena International Airport, Curitiba, Brazil.
They pretty much shut down all traffic entering and leaving the
airport. The City of Curitiba had no joy over this trucker’s
strike. The reason why the truckers were so outraged is the
government of Brazil raised the price of diesel fuel by 20 % percent
in one week. A lot of these guys were owner operators and a 20% per
cent price increase in diesel fuel put them out of business on the
spot. Many of them were making payments on their trucks so their
profit margin was small. I felt sorry for them and understood their
situation. James Sr. told me several days earlier that there were
rumblings of a trucker's strike because of the high price of diesel
fuel. I’m guessing that’s why he filled his truck up on the 23 of
May before there was any fuel shortages or strikes to contend with.
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