Guatemala: Bus Drivers Strike, Demand Better Security, Subsidies

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | March 24th, 2010 | Trackback

A nationwide bus drivers’ strike shut down transit throughout the country and blocked highways into Guatemala City March 22. Security forces removed buses that were blocking the roads but more than 37,000 intercity drivers vowed to continue the strike until the government met their demands for more security and a share in subsidies granted to drivers in Guatemala City. Driving a bus is a notoriously dangerous occupation in Guatemala, where criminal gangs extort protection money from the drivers and enforce their demands violently. In 2009 some 146 drivers and 60 assistants were murdered by these gangs, and 20 have been killed so far this year.

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