The strategic use of roadblocks by indigenous and campesino organizations as form of political pressure and re-vindication is harshly contested by the state and powerful economic actors, especially the business lobby CACIF*, which has campaigned for the prohibition and repression of blockades as violations of the right to freedom of movement. 
Mkakati wa kufunga barabara unaotumiwa na wazawa na jumuiya za campesino kama namna ya hamasa za kisiasa na kama namna ya kuhamasisha utatuzi wa changamoto zao unapingwa vikali na taifa pamoja na mkundi yenye ushawishi mkubwa wa kiuchumi haswa haswa kundi la watu wafanyabiashara la CACIF*, ambalo limeshahamasisha kuwashikilia watu kama namna ya kukiuka haki ya watu kuwa na uhuru wa kutembea.