Every Milei News story on austerity, newest first.
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Milei’s motosierra was a campaign emblem for shrinking government; the policy combined a fiscal squeeze, subsidy changes and legislative reform with substantial social costs.
INDEC's September release captured the human cost of Argentina's economic shock: more than half of people in surveyed urban areas fell below the poverty line during Milei's first six months.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 26 Sep 2024
An opposition-backed rise for retirees fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to defeat the president's first veto, exposing a sharp divide over who should bear the cost of balancing the budget.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 11 Sep 2024
The president said Argentina recorded a first-quarter financial surplus for the first time since 2008, a budget milestone that sharpened the argument over who bore austerity's cost.
Source: Reuters, 22 Apr 2024
The CGT mobilised workers just 45 days into the presidency, opposing deregulation and austerity as the administration tried to preserve momentum for its reform package.
Source: CNBC, 24 Jan 2024
