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Poverty surges by 11 points under Milei, hitting 53%

According to the INDEC, a record 25 million Argentines are poor while the number of destitute doubled to 5.3 million in the past six months

A government report published on Thursday afternoon revealed that an average of 52.9% of Argentines were poor in the first half of the year and 18.1% were destitute. It is the country’s highest poverty rate in 20 years.

The numbers, released by the INDEC statistic bureau, show that in the first six months since President Javier Milei took office, poverty grew by 11.2 points and destitution by 6.2. That means 5.1 million Argentines fell into poverty in that time, amounting to 25 million poor people in total. Meanwhile, the report revealed a total of 8.3 million destitute Argentines: almost double the number in the first half of 2023. The 11-point increase in the span of six months is a historic one — poverty increased by six points throughout Alberto Fernández’s presidency.

Roughly two-thirds (66.1%) of children between 0 and 14 years old live in poverty, according to the INDEC’s numbers. An August report by UNICEF found that one million Argentine children skipped meals daily because their families could not afford food. Meanwhile, those over 65 years old went from 17.6% poverty in the second half of 2023 to 29.7% in the first half of 2024. The highest poverty numbers were found in the Northeast and the Northwest of the country, with 62.9% and 57%, respectively.

The INDEC considers a family “destitute” when their monthly income is less than the basic food basket. A family is considered to be in poverty if they earn less than the basic food basket plus services, known as the total basic basket.

A report by the Center of Argentine Political Economy (CEPA), published after the INDEC released their numbers, said that food inflation in the first half of the year was 9.4%, higher than the first half of 2023, when the number was 7.7%.

“As food prices determine the levels of the basic food basket and, to a large extent, of the total basic basket, a significant increase in food inflation implies upward pressures on the incidence rate of destitution and, in part, of poverty,” the report said.

The CEPA report added that unemployment rose to 7.6% in the first half of 2024, meaning one percentage point more than the first half of 2023. It added that the minimum retirement pension fell by 19.7% during the same time periods. At the beginning of the month, Milei vetoed a pension reform that would have put their minimum value just over the poverty line.

The Presidential Office has yet to comment on the significant increase in poverty. However, at 4:00 p.m., coinciding with the INDEC’s report, the president’s sister and General Secretary Karina Milei posted a picture of herself, her Bernese mountain dog Thor, and TV personality Susana Giménez. Videos of the president with Giménez on the Casa Rosada balcony surfaced on social media shortly afterward and were met with considerable backlash. A spokesperson for the office said that Manuel Adorni would address the issue on Friday in his usual press conference.

Death to “anarcho” capitalism

Death to “israel”

Farewell speech? Is he fucking dying soon?(please)

Milei accuses UN of imposing ‘socialist’ and ‘collectivist’ agenda

In his first speech at the UN’s general assembly, the president said Argentina would abandon its long-standing neutrality regarding world conflicts

In his first speech at the United Nations headquarters, Argentine President Javier Milei accused the international organization of promoting a “socialist” and “collectivist” agenda, and said the country would abandon its long tradition of neutrality regarding world conflicts.

“The woke agenda’s collectivism and moral posturing have collided with reality and no longer have credible solutions to offer to the world’s real problems,” the president said during the UN’s 79th General Assembly.

In a speech replete with religious references, Milei said that the UN had “became a multi-tentacled leviathan, which seeks to decide not only what each nation-state should do, but also how all the world’s citizens should live.”

Milei also said the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a 17-point goal declaration adopted by all member countries that includes goals such as tackling climate change and achieving zero hunger, is “a socialist supranational government program.”

The president also criticized the UN’s Pact for the Future, which Argentina distanced itself from on Monday, and aims for member countries to commit to action on issues including peace, poverty, climate change, and gender equality.

“We invite all nations of the free world to join us, not only in dissenting from this pact but in creating a new agenda for this noble institution: the agenda of freedom,” he said.

Milei listed alleged “mistakes and contradictions” the UN had committed, such as voting against Israel, which he called “the only country in the Middle East that upholds liberal democracy.” He also said the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns worldwide were a “crime against humanity” and said that the UN “allowed the Human Rights Council to support bloody dictatorships such as Cuba and Venezuela without the slightest reproach.”

Since taking office, Milei has aligned himself with Israel and the United States, as well as international far-right political organizations such as the Spanish Foro Madrid and the U.S.’s Conservative Political Action Conference.

(“Israel” and the “United States” are also far right political organizations)

Milei also accused the UN of promoting a “toxic relationship between global governance policies and international lending agencies” and of “requiring the most impoverished countries to commit resources they do not have to programs they do not need.”

Argentina took a US$44 billion loan from the IMF in 2018, during Mauricio Macri’s government, and currently has an economic program agreed with the international lender to pay back the debt. Argentine media had previously reported that Milei was planning to meet with IMF authorities during his trip to the U.S., but the meeting did not come to fruition.

“From this day on, you should know that the Argentine Republic will abandon the historical position of neutrality that characterized us and will be at the forefront of the struggle in defense of freedom,” he said. Argentina has maintained a long tradition of neutrality regarding world conflicts, dating back to before World War II.

Okay then, I support Russian and Chinese surgical strikes to decapitate and demilitarize the anarcho capitalist entity that is “Argentina”. 100% this motherfucker will announce he’ll be sending troops to Lebanon to fight for “Israel”. What is he even going to do, send all of our three tanks and one serviceable destroyer from the 80s?

“May God bless the Argentines and all the citizens of the world, and may the forces of heaven be with us,” he said, before ending his speech with his usual guttural roar of “long live freedom, dammit!”

cringe

Milei arrived in the U.S. on Saturday night. During his trip, he rang the Wall Street opening bell and spoke with investors. He also met with X owner Elon Musk for the third time. After the meeting, Musk posted on X that his “companies are actively looking for ways to invest in and support Argentina.”

Later on Tuesday, Milei will meet with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. The president is expected to return to Argentina on Wednesday morning.

hope a ballistic missile falls where they meet.

Just like in real life

I’m out of words. Piece of “content” shared by milei on his social media lmfao, be aware of the insane levels of cringe

it reads:

“Damn”

“We are totally fucked”

“Relax, Elon”

“You’re not alone. We’ll fight together”

It’s 95% AI generated lmao, the world is completely wrong. There’s a HUGE CUBA, europe is no more (good ending) and there’s commies everywhere plus massive Palestine.

Yeah, they had a .pdf file lawmaker that was arrested because he was too open about it.

These fires are work of capital. Sometimes (not now for moment) there are also fires near Buenos Aires because landlords decide to expand their properties by burning down wild grasslands and convert it to “productive enterprises” (for speculation) with full approval from all governments involved, with complete disregard not only for the burning places themselves but for the health of all people since that smoke is in the air and people breath fucking air, the smell of smoke is everywhere.

look at this pathetic soon to be beheaded piece of shit, it’s ridiculous

a life long nerd of capitalism who got to start the day in wall street, his pathetic little dream. Meanwhile, the argentinian province of Córdoba (where he won by a landslide, mind you) is being obliterated by fires (not strictly due to climate change or months long droughts, but by agro business like in the Amazon)

while he’s celebrating the expansion of capitalism (which will end in it’s ultimate demise), people are fleeing from their homes because his government butchered all regulations against forest fires. There are almost no state resources being mobilized to fight the fires, lots of them are being fought by regular people and volunteers.

also all argentinians bonds and shares in the exchange fell by 3% when milei spoke lmao. what a fucking baboon, with all respect to that noble animal

death to “israel”

Concerning

Not a fan of the CoD Style games, but I do enjoy seeing chinese developers make their own cool games. And if it angers the stupid westerners, then I like it more.

Yess, that’s the one I was looking for, their thanks to God.

Thanks!

What is it that Hamas fighters say after “Allahu Akbar” in their combat videos?

battalion-sized army

Some positive news in this sea of torment, death and terrorism:

The DPRK’s Women’s U-20 National Football Team won 1-0 over the genocidal entity, the “United States”, and have reached the final of the 2024 Women’s U-20 World Cup, ready to face Japan.

The DPRK has a pretty impressive Women’s U-20 record, they won the 2006 final against China in Russia, reached the final and lost to the “United States” in 2008 in Chile, won the final against France in 2016 in Papua New Guinea and now have reached their fourth final in Colombia.

They won their three group stage matches (6-2 vs Argentina, 9-0 vs Costa Rica and 2-0 vs Netherlands), in the Round of 16 they beat Austria 5-2, in the Quarter Finals they beat Brasil 1-0 and now they’ve beaten the “US” 1-0 in the Semi-Finals.

Let’s go ladies!

Someone (I wish I remember who it was) way back once said something along the lines of the Axis of Resistance cannot just respond to “Israel” and the “United States” in a “eye for an eye” manner because they’re dealing with two genocidal entities. One has to be measured, you can’t let your passions drive your response because the other side lacks shame and will answer to your answer with complete disproportion in the most unhinged way possible. You do hear them talk every day how they wish to turn Tehran into radioactive waste after all, they know this. The struggle must then take a different form, a more asymmetrical approach is needed. It’s a long bloody fight full of problems, obstacles, defeats and deaths. We all are, after all, dealing with the worst spawn of colonialism.

A hit for a hit ultimately benefits “Israel”. More time is needed because the inherent contradictions of Zionism are catching up to them and the entity is becoming more and more isolated. They will continue to push forward and will create even more chaos, however, the definitive strike needs to be precise: at the right place and at the right time.

It’s a weird naming habit in South America, especially in places like Perú, Brasil, Colombia and Venezuela. There’s a peruvian professional football player called Osama Vinladen whose brother is called Sadam Huseín (both born around 2001/03 or so iirc) and there’s also a brazilian footballer called Marx Lenin and another from India called Stalin. I recall an old interview of Chávez where he spoke about people named after Lenin, Marx and Stalin in Venezuela, and that it was quite common in his days.

Peruvian MP Hitler Saavedra found dead in his hotel at Cusco.

I’ve preordered one game in my entire life, it was one of the Walking Dead games from Telltale. Literally a few weeks after preordering the company closed or something like that lmao

Yesterday I was really tempted to preorder STALKER 2 bc I don’t know if it’ll get pirated on launch tbh

For all it’s worth, at least the would be trump killer got fed up and decided to take matters into his own hands. He got tired of nobody killing trump so he took it upon himself. He didn’t just sit on his fucking ass all day complaining how trump is a threat to NATO, Ukraine, Taiwan and Democracy ™ on r*ddit, finally, a lib got on the move for once.

he’s a terrible shot and even worse at planning assassinations anyways.

Hold up. Let RT cook

US accuses Russia’s RT of efforts to ‘destabilize’ Argentine government

The State Department imposed sanctions on the state-funded network for alleged covert intelligence activities

The United States government imposed sanctions on Russian media network RT after accusing the state-funded outlet of carrying out covert intelligence activities around the world to advance Kremlin interests. Among the countries allegedly targeted is Argentina: according to the Biden administration, RT is attempting to “destabilize” President Javier Milei’s government.

“The Russian Government is also engaged in operations meant to destabilize the government of Argentina and escalate tensions between Argentina and its neighbors,” said a release by the State Department on Friday. However, it did not provide any concrete examples of how these alleged destabilization efforts were being conducted.

Of course they didn’t provide any concrete examples. OF COURSE.

Milei has been vocal about his support for Ukraine. In June, he participated in the Global Summit for Peace and offered the country “full support” in its war against Russia. He has also expressed disdain for Vladimir Putin’s government: before becoming president, Milei had said he would not be partnering in business with “any communist countries,” including Russia. His government also declined entering the trading bloc BRICS Russia is a part of, an effort that had been spearheaded by the prior administration.

Famous communist, Putin.

In its briefing, the State Department said that RT was no longer just a media outlet, calling it “an entity with cyber capabilities.” It accused it of a series of “malign activities,” such as “engaging in information operations, covert influence, and military procurement in Europe, Africa, and North and South America.” This includes interfering in foreign elections and launching a crowdfunding campaign to procure weapons for Russia’s war against Ukraine.

So like CNN, BBC and etc etc.

According to the statement, these RT-managed influence and intelligence operations began in the Spring of 2023 by direct orders of the Kremlin. It also said RT head Margarita Simonyan and RT Deputy Editor-in-Chief Anton Anisimov have direct knowledge of this enterprise. The State Department explained that the U.S. government was “actively engaged in a diplomatic effort” to inform other governments about these “destabilizing actions abroad”, and encouraged them to “take action” against them.

The United Kingdom and Canada also made similar claims about RT’s alleged covert activities on Friday.

Last week, the U.S. also filed money-laundering charges against two employees of RT for allegedly using shell companies and fake personas to hire a Tennessee company in order to produce online content aimed at influencing the 2024 U.S. presidential election, purportedly in favor of Republican candidate Donald Trump. It also announced actions targeting RT, including Simonyan.

ok still don’t care lmao

This is a new chapter in the U.S. and Russia’s strained relationship. Joe Biden’s administration has issued several sanctions against Russian individuals and companies since the war against Ukraine began in 2022. On Saturday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in her opening remarks at the BRICS media summit in Moscow that RT journalists are being “subjected to a real terrorist and information attack” from the U.S. based on “monstrous and baseless” accusations. She warned member countries that the same could happen to them.

RT, our people yearn for destabilization of the milei regime so we can take back power.

I’ve seen one tweet in where some random brazilian chud calls Datena “the communist”

Wish Massa would have used a chair to fucking kill milei on stage. Brasil always does thing better than us.