RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil faced serious supply disruptions on the seventh day of a truckers' strike Sunday, although the government said the country was "on a path to normalization." Gas stations were virtually all out of fuel, and perishable foods were disappearing from store shelves. The truckers have attempted to put a stranglehold on movement of goods in Brazil to protest increases in fuel prices. Trucks move 60 percent of the goods that are transported in Brazil, and a protracted strike could cause havoc as it emerges from a 2015-16 recession. Service was restored after fuel trucks arrived, but buses were operating at 20 percent capacity on Sunday.

Source: Bangkok Post May 27, 2018 21:33 UTC