austerity

I am not on the ground in Buenos Aires until later this year but it sounds like his approval ratings are starting to go down. Hopefully people can hang in there with these austerity measures but probably easier said than done...

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-argentina-milei-economic-impacts-on-tierra-del-fuega/ No paywall https://archive.ph/cGU1n#selection-1269.0-1269.63

Things not working out as planned for Milei. And some are like firing 525,000 employees in the first 3 months of his Presidency. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/milei-austerity-plan-pushes-argentina-191325209.html?_fsig=QFIvvoyFKUlHtNw3un3MbQ--%7EA...

Very sad to read about the last postal employee in this town. Crazy almost 3,000 employees of Correo Argentino have been fired. The mail service is already horrible. Hard to imagine how it will be with 3,000 less employees. Many companies have the same thing happening...

All these cuts are hurting safety at the national parks. Hopefully the increases to the entrance fees will save some jobs and keep the parks safe. https://buenosairesherald.com/what-to-do-in-argentina/around-argentina/in-patagonia/government-austerity-hinders-safety-at-argentinas-national-parks

Is this real? Are Argentines that bad off? https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/05/argentina-milei-economy-peso-devaluation-austerity-hunger/ People are starving? More people are living in destitution? 😥

The powers that control Argentina want to punish her for expressing their collective vote and saying no to austerity and servitude. People voted against Macri due to their terrible financial situation . Unfortunately I believe it will get much worse if Argentina defaults...