Protesting Brazilian truckers block highways in 6 states

Residents hold a minute of silence in honor of people killed during a police operation last in the Mare slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (AP / Silvia Izquierdo)

In most cases, truckers left one lane open so that buses, ambulances and passenger cars could bypass the blockades they erected. It was the third day truckers struck to demand lower toll fares and fuel prices and improved highway conditions.

The wave of protests that hit Brazil on June 17 began as opposition to transportation fare hikes, then expanded to include anger at high taxes, poor services, and high spending for the World Cup. Demonstrations eventually coalesced around the issue of rampant government corruption.

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