Milei celebrates one year in government in Argentina with almost half of the country below the poverty line

Milei celebrates one year in government in Argentina with almost half of the country below the poverty line

Stella Calloni

Correspondent

La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, p. 22

Buenos Aires., As yesterday marks the first year of the inauguration of President Javier Milei, of the far-right alliance La Libertad Avanza (LLA), the situation worsens and the permanent lies and falsification of data and figures are denounced every day by the alternative press, because the ruler, who considers himself a mole infiltrated to destroy the national state from withinhas under control the majority of the local mass media, led by Grupo Clarín, The Nation and others who were the same press that installed him during his electoral campaign with his chainsaw.

The most important thing is that he came to government supposedly for having achieved miraculously 56.6 percent of votes, which surprised the world, without anyone waiting for the final scrutiny that made it clear that LLA never even reached 50 percent with its partners from the right-wing alliance Cambiemos, which brought together Propuesta Repúblicana (PRO) and the Radical Civic Union (UCR), now divided.

Only 40 percent of the voters voted for LLA

The renowned writer and journalist Mempo Giardinellí announced in Page /12 the true figures from the scrutiny last February, since officially in the second round blank votes and abstentions must be counted. The final results that confused the Argentine people were wickedly poorly analyzed and publicizedsays Giardinelli, who highlighted that The now president was voted for by 40.31 percent of the registered voters eligible to vote, which is not the same.

In turn, Sergio Massa, from the Peronist Unión por la Patria, received 32 percent of the total, the journalist indicates, recalling that Only 76 percent of the voters voted, thus being one of the lowest records in our entire democratic life..

On the other hand, it was learned in the last few hours that there are 4 million new poor people and 2 million 500 thousand more indigent people throughout the country. The Social Observatory of the Argentine Catholic University records that 49.9 percent of the population is poor. Almost half of the country is below the poverty line, that is, 23 million people.

These figures are generally hidden by the same press that installed Milei in power. Today the images of 300 people who were fired by telephone from the renowned Avon company, the majority with more than 20 years of work, join thousands of laid-off people who can reach the figure of almost half a million throughout the country, counting on the paralysis of public works, which means the unemployment of a high number of construction workers.

Retirees, the most affected

The announcement that is considered the most cruel is the suspension of the delivery of free medicines to retirees who receive minimum pensions. It is impossible for millions of Argentines to make ends meet with the increasingly higher increases in food and rates for essential services. This happens for the first time in the history of the period of democratic recoveryand means the death sentence of millions of retirees, who are also beaten and mistreated in their peaceful marches every Wednesday.

The group of priests of the option for the poor, which Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio left in the slums before becoming Pope, accused Milei of govern by dint of decrees and vetoes, justifying everything with always falsified numbers, generating increasing hunger among the population and promoting the law of the jungle in the name of a false freedom. It is the triumph of individualism, racism and hatred, which lead to social disintegration.

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