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mark31 on June 11, 2008 - 11:37pm

This sounds quite serious, especially with protestors getting killed.

I know I'm a long way away but this is the first I've heard of it in Australia. I just double checked the news sites I normally go to and I've only found one item low down on the list. I would have thought it was of more interest, even here.

Best of luck
Mark31

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Teralek on June 12, 2008 - 6:32am

I think these events are important for people start to realize how crucially vital the transport network is. How dependent we are on oil. People have to star to open their eyes and star making demands to goverments to stop this dependence.
In Portugal the strike lasted for three days and there was ruptures in some products... imagine if this condition lasted for 15 days. The country would literally stop.

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Migeru on June 12, 2008 - 6:39am

I suggest reading the 79 (and counting) comments on the European Tribune thread. I have contributed 4 translations of Spanish news items from El Pais, the country's largest newspapers.

First, two claims by the government to have cleared the blockades already yesterday (at the price of 71 arrests and over 6000 police escorts to trucks not taking part in the stoppage):

* [Spain's Interior Minister] Rubalcaba guarantees basic supplies and roads open to traffic. yesterday, and
* Normality on the roads and 71 arrested truckers on the fourth day of stoppages today.

Also, the strikers' demands and the government's offers.

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