So far this year, 700 blockades have been reported on the country’s roads

After three days of blockades, Traffic was enabled on the Buga–Buenaventura roadat the height of the La Delfina sector. The corridor kept the passage closed due to a demonstration by indigenous and peasant communities who asked the Government to comply with the previously established agreements.

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The uprising took place after a dialogue between representatives of the Executive and the representatives of the national mobilization ‘Here in struggle, we transform’. According to the agreement, The parties will meet in the coming days to define solutions that allow compliance with the requests made by the communities.

The brake on traffic along this road that connects the main port of the Colombian Pacific with the rest of the country raised alerts due to the economic and social effects derived from this situation.

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Effects of blockades

According to the governor of Valle del Cauca, Dilian Francisca Toro, the 72 hours that this corridor was blocked affected “more than 40% of foreign trade, with 8,000 vehicles dammed and million-dollar losses for Buenaventura, the Valley and Colombia.”

“The situation is already beginning to affect the food supply for thousands of PAE beneficiary children and older adults in the department,” expressed Toro in his X account.

During that period, Gases de Occidente, a company that supplies Buenaventura, as well as other municipalities in Valle del Cauca and the neighboring department of Cauca, warned that the pause in traffic It was making it impossible for trucks to pass through and, therefore, preventing the supply of this energy.

According to the cargo transporters union, Colfecar, as of September 30, there have been reports 700 blockades on national roads, generating 10,930 hours of impact, equivalent to 455 days of lost productivity.

The above represents an increase of 11% in relation to the cases registered in the same period of 2024. As for the most affected departments, the list is headed Tolima (90), followed by Bolívar (69), Atlántico (61), Córdoba (48) and Meta (43).

“We reiterate our call to the National Government and the Ministry of the Interior to guarantee the right to free mobility, work and health, rights that are violated with each road closure,” the union indicated.

Colfecar also highlighted that the economic losses resulting from these interruptions on the country’s main roads It already amounts to $1.9 billion.

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