Far-right president has been battling inflation by imposing steep cuts in spending, resulting in widespread povertyArgentina’s poverty rate has soared to almost 53% in the first six months of Javier Milei’s presidency, offering the first hard evidence of the far-right libertarian’s tough austerity measures are hitting the population.The new poverty rate, reported by the government’s statistics agency on Thursday, is the highest level for two decades, when the country reeled from a catastrophic economic crisis, and means 3.4 million Argentinians have been pushed into poverty this year. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/27/poverty-rate-argentina-milei
Author : Harriet Barber in Buenos Aires
Publish date : 2024-09-27 20:36:20
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Poverty in Argentina soars to over 50% as Milei’s austerity measures hit
