IPA89941310 - Truck drivers are blocking highway interchanges near Caserta Sud and Santa Maria Capua Vetere on the A1 Naples–Milan highway during a protest against rising diesel prices and increasing operating costs. The protest is part of a broader mobilization by truckers and farmers across southern Italy, including Campania, Puglia, Calabria, and Basilicata. Road blockades have disrupted transportation and the distribution of goods, with shortages of some products reported in supermarkets in the affected areas. Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini has called for the blockades to be eased, while the government faces growing pressure to address the sector’s rising costs.