Demonstrations by Argentine truck drivers in protest of the fuel crisis.
Truckers and owners of heavy vehicles in Argentina protested against the staggering increase in fuel and its severe shortage in the country and blocked one of the main highways of the capital with their cars.
Truck drivers and heavy vehicle owners protested in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, and blocked one of the city’s main highways.
Argentine police were dispatched to the site of the truckers’ demonstration and attempted to reopen the blocked highway. In an interview, Ricardo Rivas, a member of the Argentine labor union, strongly criticized the price of fuel and its severe shortage in Argentina. He said that truck drivers and owners of heavy vehicles have to wait in line for about two hours to fill the tank of their vehicles.
He also mentioned the sudden increase in the price of fuel in Argentina and said that the price of fuel has reached 2.4 dollars per liter.
Rivas added that the price of fuel has caused the owners of heavy vehicles to pay whatever they earn for the price of fuel.
This labor union activist said that in addition to the skyrocketing price of fuel, its supply has not been continuous and some days fuel for heavy vehicles cannot be found..
The global price of oil has increased sharply and the sanctions of the United States and some western countries against Russia have also led to the increase in the price of fuel.
US President Joe Biden recently defended his government’s support for Ukraine against Russia in an interview with the Associated Press and said that although the severe US sanctions against Russia led to an increase in the price of gasoline in the US, Washington should have stood up to Russia. .
