Despite fears of a planned truckers strike impacting crop delivery across Brazil, the government said traffic was flowing freely on Monday, according to a Reuters report.
The Infrastructure Ministry, in a series of tweets citing highway patrol police around Brazil, said that on all federal roadways as of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. there was free flow of vehicles without holdups.
President Jair Bolsonaro had appealed to truckers not to strike, saying the government was looking for ways to lower fuel prices, and a senior union leader said truckers were divided on the issue.
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