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Argentinians stage nationwide strike against Javier Milei’s far-right agenda
(www.theguardian.com)
Nationwide? Less than .5% of workers went into that KJJJJJ
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When will people realize they're being fooled by lunatics trying to get power?
Why did they vote him in the first place? And it these protesters are the ones who didn't actually vote him, why don't they accept the will of the majority? The government isn't committing crimes against humanity like mass deportations or other last century's madnesses, so it's just how democracy works.
Being able to protest the government you don't like is also how democracy works. Unless you do any disturbance you're perfectly allowed to express your opinion even if in the minority.
Read my other comment below
Thanks, clearer now!
I'm confused, is he doing exactly what he said he would do?
Primarily he betrayed his voters by reinstating taxes that were previously removed with his vote in the parliament, and took other measures that put the weight of the economy on middle and lower classes, while before he insisted many times that he would not further burden those classes, but higher classes instead.
He is trying to remove protectionist measures for land, water, fishing, mining industries.
All of this with mega decret and multiple articles law that still is being discussed by legislators.
He also formed his government with Mauricio Macri's officials which he widely criticized before for being a failure and ramping the country's debt by taking the historically biggest loan the IMF ever gave.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Argentine demonstrators have staged their biggest-yet show of opposition to Javier Milei’s radical attempt to reshape the South American country with a nationwide strike that shuttered schools and businesses, grounded hundreds of flights, and saw tens of thousands of marchers hit the streets.
Since then, the far-right politician has moved speedily to implement what the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage recently called “Thatcherism on steroids” – first with a far-reaching emergency decree; then with a mega-reform bill known as the “omnibus law”.
Milei [you’re a] son of a bitch.” The union leader Hugo Yasky told local radio the strike was against the “utter social insensitivity” of a government which has slashed energy and transport subsidies.
Benjamin Gedan, the director of the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program, called the walkout an early “shot across the bow” of Milei’s administration and wagered it would be the first of many such mobilizations.
Lara Goyburu, a political scientist from the Red de Politólogas network, predicted March and April could prove “very turbulent months” as the cost of utility bills, private health insurance and education rose and children returned to school, putting more pressure on families.
Speaking to the conservative news outlet Voz Media, Farage compared Milei’s “exciting” plans to Margaret Thatcher’s attempt to resuscitate the British economy during the 1980s.
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