The truckers’ strike called by the Strength of the North and Center-South confederations completed its first day on Tuesday with partial blockades on Route 5 and Route 68, extending through Santiago, San Antonio, Valparaíso, Talagante, Melipilla, Paine, Biobío and Tarapacá, with no progress reported after a meeting between union delegates and government authorities at the Ministry of Transport, according to the No + TAG movement’s spokesman, Andrés Alarcón.
The transporters are demanding the elimination of the specific fuel tax, a review of tolls and concessioned highway contracts, and changes to the Fuel Price Stabilization Mechanism. The afternoon meeting at the Transport Ministry included Metropolitan presidential delegate Germán Codina and officials from Transport, Economy, Public Works and Security. Alarcón said not a single point advanced.
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The Executive requested until Thursday to evaluate its proposals and offered a bill capping weekly fuel price adjustments at 20 pesos per liter for 90 days. Alarcón rejected the offer, describing it as a mockery. October’s Consumer Price Index rose 0.5%, with annual inflation at 4.5%, the highest in 18 months. President José Antonio Kast decided shortly after taking office not to use the Mepco, passing the full increase to consumers; gasoline has since accumulated a 32% rise and diesel 62%, in a country that imports almost all its fuel.
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Protest leader Matías Campo said the largest truck confederations are “all fixed up” and therefore not mobilizing, describing the demonstrators as small and medium truckers, cranes and taxi drivers who represent the part of the country that really moves the economy. Alarcón warned the strike is growing and said he does not rule out more radical blockades if more pressure is needed. Metropolitan Region presidential delegate Germán Codina responded that blocking routes is a crime and announced clearing operations using public force.
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