Trucks remain parked during a national strike of truck drivers in Bogota Colombia. About 140,000 truck drivers, representing 90 percent of the national load transportation, demand a reduction of the price of fuels. (Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images)
Truckers went on strike last week to demand the government reduce gasoline and diesel costs among other demands and coffee exporters warned the protest could hurt shipments from the world's No. 3 coffee producer if it dragged on for long.
Transport Minister Andres Uriel Gallego was in closed-door talks in Bogota with representatives from the Colombian Truck Drivers' Association or ACC, which represents around 150,000 truckers nationwide, a ministry spokesman said.
Last year, an ACC strike over fuel costs and freight prices lasted two weeks and slowed coffee exports as shipments to a key Pacific port were disrupted. Colombia recently cut fuel costs to better reflect a fall in global oil prices.
