Article 3R0Q7 Brazilian president sends in army as truck protest paralyzes country

Brazilian president sends in army as truck protest paralyzes country

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Dom Phillips and Sam Cowie in São Paulo
from World news | The Guardian on (#3R0Q7)

Sio Paulo, the biggest city in South America, in state of emergency over fuel shortages while markets run out of food

Brazil's conservative president Michel Temer has ordered the army and federal police to clear highways blockaded by striking truck drivers after a protest over soaring fuel prices entered its fifth day.

The blockades have paralysed much of the country's economy and prompted Sio Paulo, the biggest city in South America, to declare a state of emergency over fuel shortages.

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