News of retirees

Pensioners on the frontline of politics

Yesterday 06:44 It has become a Buenos Aires tradition – each Wednesday, baton-wielding riot police violently confront pensioners protesting against President Javier Milei’s policies.

SOCIETY

Pensioners the biggest losers of Milei’s first year in office

09-12-2024 13:20 Some five million retirees in Argentina receive just a minimum pension and bonus payment amounting to some US$320, just a third of the estimated living cost for an older adult.

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