News of pettovello

Quilmes university makes 'super soup' to highlight need for food aid

04-07-2024 17:43 President Javier Milei's government is again being criticised for withholding food from soup kitchens.

Priests pressure Pettovello, government on social policies

13-06-2024 09:09 Criticism from Church leaders picks up amid increased tensions over lack of food supplies at soup kitchens and community canteens.

Adorni says Pettovello has Milei government’s ‘full backing’

03-06-2024 17:09 “We fully back minister Sandra Pettovello,” declares presidential spokesperson.

Police raid soup kitchens as government claims 47% ‘do not exist’

16-05-2024 17:21 According to the Human Capital Ministry, almost half of registered soup kitchens and emergency canteens surveyed presented irregularities such as ghost addresses. No details of full list, but government claims address of one was listed as residence in a gated community.

‘Comedores’ in crisis: Emergency food aid at risk from cuts

15-02-2024 16:30 Milei government’s move to suspend aid to soup kitchens and introduce a new system to ‘cut out the middleman’ damages emergency food assistance efforts.

by Agustina Bordigoni

Huge 'hunger line' in Buenos Aires challenges Milei's minister

06-02-2024 00:03 Sandra Pettovello’s claim she would attend to the hungry “one by one” backfires as hundreds of demonstrators form long queues outside her Human Capital Ministry, demanding greater state assistance in the face of a food emergency.

Who will be in Milei’s Cabinet? Confirmed ministers, secretaries

22-11-2023 22:51 The libertarian government will have eight ministries, with Human Capital and Infrastructure the new innovations. Many previous ministries will become secretariats. A look at the confirmed and possible names in the next Cabinet.

Rumours and confirmations: Milei assesses potential cabinet options

26-08-2023 00:27 Propelled by his PASO primary victory, the libertarian lawmaker’s team is hurriedly assessing its options. The presidential hopeful has already said who will be heading Ministries of Foreign and ‘Human Capital,’ the latter pooling sensitive areas under the leadership of a woman with an unknown background. Who might join a Javier Milei cabinet if he is elected as president: confirmed names and rumours.

by Giselle Leclercq