Access to Brazil's Santos Port Cleared of Striking Truckers

A main access road to Brazil's Port of Santos was cleared early on Wednesday after a truck driver strike dispersed, though other roads in the country remained blocked as protests stretched into a second week.

Highway operator Ecovias said via Twitter that the protest on the Anchieta highway leading to Latin America's largest port had concluded and all lanes were cleared. Still, traffic remains slow due to the long back-up of trucks on the road.

Brazilian truck drivers have been blocking roads in protest over high fuel and toll prices, poor road quality and changes to rules governing trucking. The protests have interrupted supplies of diesel and raw materials across the country and threatened to hold up grains exports at ports in the middle of a record harvest. (Reporting by Asher Levine