Tag: Adjustment policies
Thousands of Chileans March Against Kast’s Austerity Plan
They defend public education as criticism grows over a new school security law. On Wednesday, thousands of students took to the streets of downtown Santiago to protest against far-right President Jose Antonio Kast. RELATED: Chile Rules Out Modifying the Three-Ground Abortion Law Under the slogan “Public Education Must Be Defended!”, the Confederation of Students of […]
June 3, 2026
Argentina Faces New IMF Mandates: Tax Reform Pressure
The International Monetary Fund demanded that Argentina implement a tax reform before year-end, significantly increasing income tax payers and raising the monotax, following a US$1 billion debt disbursement linked to previously missed program targets. The International Monetary Fund (IFM) disclosed new conditions for the Javier Milei’s administration in a report published merely hours after the […]
May 27, 2026
Argentinean Universities Announce New Week-Long Strike, Funding Crisis Deepens
Argentina’s university community will commence a week-long general strike this Tuesday after postponing its start due to the commemoration of the May Revolution and the establishment of the First National Government. The decision to initiate the strike follows widespread discontent over the Javier Milei administration’s policies, which have severely impacted the public education system. “After […]
May 25, 2026
Argentinean University Teachers Call For a New National Strike
Argentina’s National Federation of University Teachers (CONADU) has called for another week-long national strike across all public universities from May 26 to 30, protesting Javier Milei’s neoliberal adjustment policies against education. The National Federation of University Teachers (CONADU, in Spanish) in Argentina has officially resolved to proceed with an additional week of national strike action […]
May 19, 2026
Javier Milei Annuls For the 4th Time Argentinean Disability Law
Argentina’s President Javier Milei this Friday has once again moved to annul the Disability Emergency Law, marking the fourth such legal offensive before the Supreme Court of Justice. The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, went to court again this Tuesday to annul the Emergency Law on Disability. This fourth legal offensive, directed before the Supreme […]
May 5, 2026
Argentine State Workers Launch Strike Against Milei
Wages have lost more than 44% of purchasing power as protests disrupt public services. On Tuesday, the State Workers Association (ATE) began a nationwide strike across Argentina in rejection of far-right President Javier Milei’s austerity policies. RELATED: Milei Weakens Glacier Protection Law for Mining Investments The day of protest included blockades at the airports of […]
April 21, 2026
Argentinean Teachers Protest Neoliberal Adjustment with Public Classes
Argentina’s university teachers launched their third consecutive week of public classes, protesting the Government’s low salary increase and its refusal to implement the University Financing Law amidst high inflation. The Argentina’s Association of Teachers of the University of Buenos Aires (AGD-UBA, in Spanish) transformed Plaza de Mayo, opposite to the Government Palace, into open-air classrooms […]
April 10, 2026
Argentina Records 63,000 Public Sector Layoff in 2-Year Period
Argentinean Milei’s Government cut 63,000 public jobs in 2 years, crippling essential state services and social policies, into a neoliberal model of “minimum State”. Argentina’s neoliberal adjustment program eliminated 63,234 public sector jobs between December 2023 and December 2025, according to the Center for Political Economy of Argentina (CEPA), triggering widespread social conflict and union […]
February 3, 2026
Milei Sends 53 Percent of Argentines Into Poverty
The far-right politician’s adjustment policies generated the largest increase in poverty and extreme poverty in the last 21 years. On Thursday, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) announced that the poverty rate in Argentina reached 52.9 percent during the first six months of President Javier Milei’s administration. RELATED: Milei To Hand Over Aerolineas […]
September 27, 2024
The Argentine Congress Approves Milei’s Omnibus Law
“The Bases and Starting Points Law for the Freedom of Argentines,” known as the “Omnibus Law,” proposed by President Javier Milei, was approved in general on Tuesday in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies by 142 votes in favor, 106 against, and 5 abstentions. RELATED: Argentine Transport Workers Announce Strike Against Milei The norm received general approval. […]