The day Brazil stopped On May, 21, a lot of truck drives decided to stop their work. In the first day of the strike, nobody believed in what it could become! In the second day, the same. But in the third day, it started to missing gas and ethanol in the gas stations. The population became aware that the strike could be more than only one ordinary strike, but could stop the whole country! But instead of supporting the strike, many rushed to the gas stations to fullfill theirs cars tanks. On May, 22 and 23, we could see long lines trying to put what still had of gas in the stations. The situation remained for about 6 days more, a lot of people had to work from home and some public places had to close, because the public transportation had stop too. The situation only returned to normal on the 31st. But, why the truck drivers decide to stop? In a nutshell, I can say that the biggest cause was the high diesel prices and others claims Now, every brazilian knows the importance of the truck drivers! They are the base of all