News of poverty

‘Gesture of goodwill’ – Milei gives way to Lula on anti-hunger alliance

18-11-2024 17:36 Argentina’s government finally signs up to Lula’s global anti-hunger initiative, launched at the G20 summit in Rio. Is Milei’s gesture of goodwill to his Brazilian counterpart a first step towards rebuilding relations?

POVERTY IN ARGENTINA

Extreme poverty soars to affect six million, study shows

12-11-2024 14:19 Destitution rates have grown much faster than poverty in recent years in Argentina. According to a study by the University of Buenos Aires based on government data, more than six million people were not meeting daily nutritional needs in the first quarter of the year.

by Agustina Bordigoni

POVERTY IN ARGENTINA

Soup kitchens struggle with growing queues as poverty rises

19-10-2024 06:18 Amid a deep economic crisis, food purchases have slumped 18.6% this year in Argentina. Meanwhile, demand at community soup kitchens is soaring, especially in some of the most impoverished and remote areas of the country.

by Agustina Bordigoni

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

70% of workers in Argentina were earning under 550,000 pesos a month in June

08-10-2024 11:17 Seven out of every 10 households were earning less than a million pesos a month in June, according to INDEC data.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Poverty lies under the mattress

05-10-2024 06:06 Idle capital amounting to over half of Gross Domestic Product surely goes a long way towards explaining why over half the population is poor.

by Michael Soltys

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Nearly one million people are poor or destitute in Buenos Aires

04-10-2024 11:07 City Hall statistics bureau reveals that there are 159,000 more poor people than one year ago.

POVERTY

'Heartbreaking': Priest in nation's poorest city bemoans destitution

30-09-2024 17:03 Father Pablo Ferreira, a priest in the poor city of Resistencia, Chaco Province, is a direct witness to the growing numbers of Argentina’s poor. “Seeing poverty data is one thing, but seeing the faces of destitution and poverty is heart-breaking,” he explains.

Child poverty in Argentina

Child benefits, food stamps, social policies ‘cannot be a stopgap’

28-09-2024 06:58 In the first half of 2024, child poverty reached 71 percent with over 1.5 million kids newly impoverished, according to a report from the ACIJ NGO. Despite cuts in the budget dedicated to children in diverse programmes, the AUH (Asignación Universal por Hijo) payment is reaching the highest number of people since 2021.

by Sabrina Chemen

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Government dismisses responsibility for jump in poverty rate

27-09-2024 19:44 Government officials point finger at “20 years of populism and destruction” after INDEC reveals poverty rate rose to 52.9 percent in the first half of the year.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Poverty soars past 50% in Argentina as Milei austerity hits hard

26-09-2024 17:12 About 52.9% of Argentines were mired below the poverty line in the first half of the year, up from 41.7% in the second half of 2023.

POVERTY IN ARGENTINA

Private estimates: Three million new poor created so far this year

24-09-2024 16:19 Private estimates, published ahead of the INDEC national statistics bureau's latest update, suggest that some three million people have slipped below the poverty line since the turn of the year.

by Gonzalo Martínez

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

55% of Argentina’s population below poverty line, says UCA body

05-09-2024 08:53 Extreme poverty affected 17.5% of people in first half of 2024, reports private observatory from the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA).

POVERTY IN ARGENTINA

Child poverty soared to 63% in Argentina in 2023, says UCA report

16-08-2024 06:41 Study by UCA’s Social Debt Observatory covering period 2010-2023 also reveals that 16.2% of children and teenagers currently live below the destitution line. Child poverty rate now at highest level since 2010.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 4% in July, lowest monthly rate of Milei era

14-08-2024 17:02 Latest figure from INDEC national statistics bureau indicates consumer prices are continuing to slow, but annual rate remains at staggering 263.4%.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Inflation slows to lowest level since 2022 under Milei

14-08-2024 16:47 Consumer prices rose 4% in July from a month earlier, while annual inflation slowed to 263.4%, according to government data.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

UNICEF: 1.5 million children miss a meal each day in Argentina

14-08-2024 14:50 According to the UN children’s agency, 4.5 million adults in Argentina struggle to cannot come up with all meals either as a consequence of economic difficulties.

POVERTY

One in five Argentines live in extreme poverty, reports UCA observatory

05-08-2024 13:28 Argentina's poverty rate reached 54.9% and destitution 20.3% nationwide during the first quarter of 2024, according to a new report by the Universidad Católica Argentina.

POVERTY

Rising poverty to impact life expectancy, child mortality rates

02-08-2024 17:23 With poverty and extreme poverty on the rise, specialists warn that worsening economic conditions and spending cuts could lead to an increase in child mortality rates and slump in life expectancy.

by Agustina Bordigoni

POVERTY

Exclusion and poverty are increasingly common in Argentina

22-07-2024 16:40 Argentina is suffering from rising unemployment, social exclusion and poverty – the number of those considered destitute has doubled since the first quarter of 2023.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei’s shock therapy ignites ‘brutal’ income inequality

20-07-2024 18:44 President Javier Milei’s economic overhaul is driving up income inequality in Argentina, testing just how much “shock therapy” his constituents can bear.

POVERTY IN THE CAPITAL

Crisis creating 300 more homeless each month in Buenos Aires City

17-07-2024 06:57 The number of people sleeping rough in the nation’s capital is rising by 10% a month, according to Buenos Aires City Security Minister Waldo Wolff.

by Ramón Indart

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Social indicators cast doubt over Milei's 'catastrophe' averted claim

04-07-2024 13:09 President Javier Milei recently stated that the government’s social policy is “extremely good” and it had help prevent a “catastrophe.” Yet the government's own data and reports produced by private institutions indicate most social indicators have recorded a step backwards since he took office.

by Agustina Bordigoni

Editorial

When Loan is a national debt

29-06-2024 04:22 On the nationwide clamour for the reappearance of a missing child.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Poverty has no limit in Argentina

22-06-2024 05:28 Argentina’s food crisis and the profound reasons for structural decay. How we reached the current state of emergency, from the Kirchners to Milei.

by Alejandra Daiha

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

IMF urges increased assistance for Argentina’s poorest

06-06-2024 15:37 Fund’s chief spokeswoman Julie Kozack warns that Milei’s economic adjustment “should not fall disproportionately on working families.”

POLITICAL INTERVENTION?

Pope Francis warns against imposing debt burden on ordinary people

05-06-2024 16:46 Argentine pontiff, speaking before an audience that included former economy minister Martín Guzmán, says “no government can demand its people suffer deprivations incompatible with human dignity.”

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Poverty climbed to 55.5% in first quarter, according to UCA

04-06-2024 16:33 Data obtained in new study highlights chilling growth in poverty levels – nearly 25 million people in urban areas nationwide are now considered to be poor.

POVERTY

NGOs seek state support for five million living in villas

19-05-2024 05:02 Around 12% of the population lives in slum neighbourhoods in Argentina; Residents need state support to improve their lot; Lack of educational, job and social opportunities hurting nation’s youth.

EDITORIAL

Single digit should not mean single issue

18-05-2024 06:13 Single-digit inflation relieves the poor more than anybody but comes at a price – must they also be the ones to pay it?

Economic indicators

Poverty rate was 48.9% in April, says Universidad Di Tella study

15-05-2024 17:48 Estimated 29 million people in Argentina were poor last month, reveals a new study by the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

POLITICS & POVERTY

Police raid dozens of soup kitchens

14-05-2024 22:11 Authorities say dozens of raids had been carried out against soup kitchens and groups that manage them as part of a probe into alleged extortion of the poor.

FEATURE

Poverty, marginalisation, cocaine: Gangs find lucrative combo

30-03-2024 06:48 Argentina's economy is in intensive care. Financial stagnation, coupled with record inflation and the slashing of public spending have resulted in rising poverty and marginalisation. But in every crisis some see opportunity, and this time, it is crime groups. With drug-trafficking expanding in the barrios, analysts warn of new complex dynamics in the long run.

by Josefina Salomon*, In.Visibles

POVERTY

Poverty reached 41.7% in second half of 2023

28-03-2024 16:24 Poverty levels rose slightly in the second half of 2023 as soaring inflation pummelled household spending power even before Milei’s shock therapy.

FINANCE

Milei seeks US$15 billion for removal of currency controls

18-03-2024 11:24 President Javier Milei says he would open up restrictions on foreign currency immediately if he has US$15 billion; Money could be provided by the IMF, multilateral bodies, private investors and even “some countries."

CHILD POVERTY

Six out of every 10 schoolchildren in Argentina are poor, says UCA

13-03-2024 16:21 A report by UCA's Social Debt Observatory exposes complex situation facing Argentine children and youths who attend educational institutions.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

UNICEF: 7 out of 10 children live in poverty in Argentina

12-03-2024 17:16 Approximately 8.6 million kids under the age of 18 live in low-income households or in environments where they are deprived of their rights, reports local branch of UN agency dedicated to children.

IMPACT OF AUSTERITY

Financing the fiscal surplus: Stories behind reduction in state spending

08-03-2024 08:52 Argentina recorded its first monthly budget surplus in nearly 12 years in January, President Milei’s first month in office. But according to one analysis, a third of those spending cuts came from a refusal to update pension payments for inflation. A look at the faces behind the figures.

by Agustina Bordigoni

#8M: WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Feminists ready to rally for rights in face of Milei pushback

06-03-2024 09:37 International Women’s Day takes place this week and feminists across Argentina are ready to take to the streets to highlight the food crisis, the right to abortion, the pay gap, gender violence and much more.

by Ashton Goren

PONTIFICAL MESSAGE

Pope Francis says state must guarantee ‘social justice’

28-02-2024 22:49 Two weeks after meeting President Milei at Vatican, pontiff contradicts head of state’s views on markets, the state and social justice in a pointed message to a Catholic NGO in Buenos Aires.

FOCUS ON VENEZUELA

Venezuela calls in oil debt it once traded away for literal beans

26-02-2024 10:56 Impoverished and desperate for cash, Venezuela is trying to collect old debts from the Petrocaribe oil exchange programme.

EDITORIAL

Poverty also in the debate

24-02-2024 06:08 Discussing figures is one thing and denialism quite another – this applies to the human rights debate and it also applies to poverty.

ECONOMY & POLITICS

Milei blames political 'caste' as study estimates 57% poverty rate

19-02-2024 14:06 President blames political "caste" for the soaring poverty that a study estimates plagues 57% of population.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation leaving more than a million Argentines poor per month

19-02-2024 13:45 Over the past three months, over 3.6 million people have slipped into poverty, new data shows.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Poverty hit 20-year high of 57.4% in January, says UCA body

18-02-2024 10:21 Prestigious UCA Social Debt Observatory says poverty is at 20-year high: 57.4%, equivalent to 27 million people, are now considered poor in Argentina. Extreme poverty affects 15%, some seven million people.

by Gonzalo Martínez

LIVING WITH POVERTY

‘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

POVERTY

More hunger, less money: Soup kitchens count rations

15-02-2024 00:33 At community meal centres across Argentina, a dual crisis is biting: the influx of ever more hungry mouths to feed during an economic crisis, and a decision by President Javier Milei's new government to freeze their aid.

El Salvador Elections

Next hurdle for El Salvador's Bukele: the economy

05-02-2024 11:35 With high public debt, nearly a third of the population living in poverty and fast-rising consumer prices, Salvadorans are increasingly starting to think of what comes next.

GRIPPED BY CRISIS

In danger of extinction? Middle class slammed by crisis and austerity measures

16-01-2024 17:16 The removal of subsidies, rising rent and the increased costs of prepaid healthcare schemes and private schools are slamming the middle class, specialists warn. March will be a difficult month with the start of classes and the billing of basic public services shooting up.

by Agustina Bordigoni

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Juan Grabois: ‘A disruption evidently captivated most Argentines’

23-12-2023 06:46 Lawyer, social leader and former presidential candidate Juan Grabois on Javier Milei, the government’s economic emergency measures and receiving criticism from both sides.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

BLOOMBERG – FEATURE

Argentina’s ruined railways will force Milei to confront poverty

21-12-2023 00:29 Those living off state subsidies in ghost towns abandoned by the once-robust train service fear the pain of the new president’s spending cuts will be acute.

News of poverty

‘Gesture of goodwill’ – Milei gives way to Lula on anti-hunger alliance

Extreme poverty soars to affect six million, study shows

Soup kitchens struggle with growing queues as poverty rises

70% of workers in Argentina were earning under 550,000 pesos a month in June

Poverty lies under the mattress

Nearly one million people are poor or destitute in Buenos Aires

'Heartbreaking': Priest in nation's poorest city bemoans destitution

Child benefits, food stamps, social policies ‘cannot be a stopgap’

Government dismisses responsibility for jump in poverty rate

Poverty soars past 50% in Argentina as Milei austerity hits hard

Private estimates: Three million new poor created so far this year

55% of Argentina’s population below poverty line, says UCA body

Child poverty soared to 63% in Argentina in 2023, says UCA report

Inflation slowed to 4% in July, lowest monthly rate of Milei era

Inflation slows to lowest level since 2022 under Milei

UNICEF: 1.5 million children miss a meal each day in Argentina

One in five Argentines live in extreme poverty, reports UCA observatory

Rising poverty to impact life expectancy, child mortality rates

Exclusion and poverty are increasingly common in Argentina

Milei’s shock therapy ignites ‘brutal’ income inequality

Crisis creating 300 more homeless each month in Buenos Aires City

Social indicators cast doubt over Milei's 'catastrophe' averted claim

When Loan is a national debt

Poverty has no limit in Argentina

IMF urges increased assistance for Argentina’s poorest

Pope Francis warns against imposing debt burden on ordinary people

Poverty climbed to 55.5% in first quarter, according to UCA

NGOs seek state support for five million living in villas

Single digit should not mean single issue

Poverty rate was 48.9% in April, says Universidad Di Tella study

Police raid dozens of soup kitchens

Poverty, marginalisation, cocaine: Gangs find lucrative combo

Poverty reached 41.7% in second half of 2023

Milei seeks US$15 billion for removal of currency controls

Six out of every 10 schoolchildren in Argentina are poor, says UCA

UNICEF: 7 out of 10 children live in poverty in Argentina

Financing the fiscal surplus: Stories behind reduction in state spending

Feminists ready to rally for rights in face of Milei pushback

Pope Francis says state must guarantee ‘social justice’

Venezuela calls in oil debt it once traded away for literal beans

Poverty also in the debate

Milei blames political 'caste' as study estimates 57% poverty rate

Inflation leaving more than a million Argentines poor per month

Poverty hit 20-year high of 57.4% in January, says UCA body

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

More hunger, less money: Soup kitchens count rations

Next hurdle for El Salvador's Bukele: the economy

In danger of extinction? Middle class slammed by crisis and austerity measures

Juan Grabois: ‘A disruption evidently captivated most Argentines’

Argentina’s ruined railways will force Milei to confront poverty

Key measures from President Javier Milei’s first year in office

A year into office, Milei’s ‘shock’ therapy takes hold on Argentina

Four takeaways from President Javier Milei's first year in office

Court in Mendoza drops rape case against French rugby players

Brazil President Lula 'stable' after emergency surgery

Cuánto midió el rating de la cadena nacional de Javier Milei por su primer año de Gobierno

Javier Milei prometió más ajuste, libre competencia de monedas y la reducción del 90% de los impuestos nacionales

La Justicia de Córdoba investiga a una reconocida lomitería cordobesa tras inspección de Trabajo

Cachanosky: “El control de cambios y el cepo siguen limitando la inversión y el crecimiento económico"

Roberto Cachanosky: “Ningún liberal haría este tipo de cosas que está haciendo Milei”