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Brazil Truckers Maintain Blockades, Cripple Key Economic Sectors

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A truckers protest over diesel prices that has crippled key sectors of Latin America's biggest economy dragged into Friday night, putting drivers in a standoff with Brazilian President Michel Temer who authorized military force to clear highways. The protest will stretch into its sixth day on Saturday. South America's largest city and economic hub Sao Paulo decreed a state of emergency, as did Rio de Janeiro. Gas stations and airports across the nation ran out of fuel,...

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