On Tuesday, 23 October 2018, dozens of women protested at the intersection of 27 February and Isabel Aguiar (Pintura) avenues demanding that the government reduce the prices of fuel. They were watched over by a contingent of police and military as they set up camp on an island in the center of Isabel Aguiar.
Yina Buly and Franquina Mejía, speaking on behalf of the group said that housewives were suffering from the high and rising cost of propane and fuel with its effects on the price of food produce and food production.
Other demonstrators said that they were affiliated to the National Transport Federation the New Option (Fenatrano), the transport guild, and that they were backing the protest as those who covered the 27 February route were being abused by the government when the later ordered free Omsa bus services when a work stoppage by Fenatrano buses had been announced for last Wednesday.
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Diario Libre
24 October 2018
