News of welfare

Milei government summons disability recipients to ‘audit’ hearing

14-02-2025 10:22 Hundreds of thousands of Argentines who receive disability pensions are to be summoned to a hearing in cost-cutting push to establish and verify if they are eligible and if the welfare payment “reaches those who need it.”

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

EMPLOYMENT & WELFARE

Government eliminates Potenciar Trabajo job scheme, plans new dual system

29-02-2024 00:08 Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello issues decree with President Javier Milei eradicating job aid scheme in bid to cut out intermediaries; New dual system set up to replace it.

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.

POLITICS

Government says it will take away welfare from protesters who block streets

18-12-2023 17:54 Argentina's government warns against street blockades on eve of major demonstration; Human Capital Minister Sandra Pettovello warns that those who participate and receive welfare support will have it taken away from them.

News of welfare

Milei government summons disability recipients to ‘audit’ hearing

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

Government eliminates Potenciar Trabajo job scheme, plans new dual system

Argentina’s ruined railways will force Milei to confront poverty

Government says it will take away welfare from protesters who block streets

Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16

Argentina’s annual wine exports near US$1-billion mark

'Too soon' to discuss pope's return home, says Vatican source

Canada's next PM Mark Carney vows to 'win' US trade war

Milei says IMF deal will wipe out inflation in Argentina

Federico Sturzenegger anunció medidas para impulsar el uso de casas rodantes en el país

Alerta naranja por lluvias y fuertes vientos: qué provincias estarán afectadas este lunes 10 de marzo

Bullrich anunció que tomará "medidas especiales" con los hinchas de fútbol que marcharán con los jubilados

Francos, sobre la inundación en Bahía Blanca: "La reconstrucción es un tema del municipio y la provincia"

Majul se quebró en vivo y Bullrich aseguró que el grupo que la insultó era “violento, politizado y del Polo Obrero”