Trucks blocking a highway are pictured near a burning barricade as Argentine truck drivers protest against shortages and rising prices for diesel fuel, just as the country's crucial grains harvest requires transport amid surging inflation, in San Nicolas, Argentina June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Miguel Lo Bianco
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine truck unions extended a widespread protest over fuel price hikes and diesel shortages on Friday, but the dismantling of some road blockades meant that truck traffic and operations in the country's key Rosario grains ports returned to normal.
The protests, which started Wednesday, coincide with the peak period of the harvest cycle in the South American country, which is the world's top exporter of processed soy oil and meal, the No. 2 for corn and an important wheat producer.
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