Truckers' strike in Brazil - Part I Innumerable trukers are on a strike in Brazil. Thousand of them are stopped on the roads asking for changes in the policy to better price the oil. In the last months the Brazilians are dealing with daily increases in the these items. The brazilian government adopted the policy to keep the prices in accordance what happens abroad. Acting this way, seems to be reasonable and responsible from the international economics point of view and stockholders. On the other hand, we have the population and, inside of it, the truckers. In Brazil the majority of the goods are transported by roads. The railroad system transporting are almost extinct. This is the result of a policy lauched in the 70’s. It benefited the transportation by roads and the companies related to them. At that time, the railroads were big, but they didn’t reached all places in Brazil. The investment to this would be have enormous, thereby the government decided to bring car manufacturers and didn’t improve the existing railroads and trains. Therefore, the Brazilians are extremely dependent on the oil and gas. As a result of the new policy, if the oil’s price is increansing, the truckers, to keep their profit, also have to transfered the costs to the contractors. It seems simple, but the situation is achieving one unbalanced problem, because the final price can’t be daily changed by the truckers. So, to deal with this they decided starting a national strike.