CHILEAN truckers said have lifted a seven-day strike that has blocked foodstuffs reaching consumers and imports and exports crossing docks of the nation's harbours, Reuters reports.
Strikers returned to work after truckers pressed Congress to fast-track a dozen security bills after a spike in arson attacks on their vehicles which culminated in the shooting of a nine-year-old girl riding in her father's cement truck.
Ivan Alvarado Jose Villagran, vice president of the National Confederation of the Chilean Cargo Transport (CNTC), said the government had pledged to beef up protection for arson attack victims in Chile's restive Araucania province, with agreements on 'police intelligence' and other, unspecified measures.
Said Mr Villagran: 'We are going to be very attentive that what has been agreed is fulfilled because if it is not, we will return to the roads.'
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said his government had always sympathised with the truckers' plight but blocking highways and interrupting supply chains was unacceptable.
'The government has committed to promoting a set of measures to improve road safety and the protection of transporters and to better support the victims of terrorism,' he said.
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Strikers returned to work after truckers pressed Congress to fast-track a dozen security bills after a spike in arson attacks on their vehicles which culminated in the shooting of a nine-year-old girl riding in her father's cement truck.
Ivan Alvarado Jose Villagran, vice president of the National Confederation of the Chilean Cargo Transport (CNTC), said the government had pledged to beef up protection for arson attack victims in Chile's restive Araucania province, with agreements on 'police intelligence' and other, unspecified measures.
Said Mr Villagran: 'We are going to be very attentive that what has been agreed is fulfilled because if it is not, we will return to the roads.'
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said his government had always sympathised with the truckers' plight but blocking highways and interrupting supply chains was unacceptable.
'The government has committed to promoting a set of measures to improve road safety and the protection of transporters and to better support the victims of terrorism,' he said.
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