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Argentina has announced it will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), mirroring a similar move by US President Donald Trump last month. “President (Javier) Milei instructed (foreign ...
The loss of another member country will further fracture cooperation in global health, though Argentina was expected to provide only about $8 million to WHO for the agency’s estimated $6.9 ...
Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY. February 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM. President Javier Milei pulled Argentina out of the World Health Organization, citing right-wing complaints about COVID lockdowns, ...
January 19: Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians, including relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, who were arrested on 18 January amid the ongoing conflict in Ecuador. [1] January 24: Workers go on a 12-hour strike led by Argentina's largest union, in protest of president Javier Milei's policies. [2]
Trains in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires slowed to a crawl on Thursday, doubling passengers' commute time, according to union rail workers who held an unusual protest demanding better wages ...
On 12 June 2024, Argentina's Senate passed Milei's reforms by a majority vote of 37–36. The package included "measures on privatization and tax breaks for investors". [5] Most of the protests took place in Buenos Aires, the capital and most populous city in Argentina. Riot police attempted to disperse the protestors and arrested 18.
The 2018–present Argentine monetary crisis is an ongoing severe devaluation of the Argentine peso, caused by high inflation and steep fall in the perceived value of the currency at the local level as it continually lost purchasing power, along with other domestic and international factors.
The poverty rate for children is even more dire, with 71 percent of children in Argentina falling below the poverty line, representing an additional 1.5 million kids in poverty in 2024.