PoliticsPoverty rate tests Argentina’s Milei ahead of election

Overflowing soup kitchens, a revival of cash-free barter clubs and families taking short-term loans to buy groceries point to mounting social strains in Argentina. Economists expect official figures to show poverty rising for the first time since President Javier Milei brought inflation under control.

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