Argentina’s poverty rate soared to almost 53% in the first half of the year, official data released on Thursday showed, the first hard evidence of the painful impact of libertarian President Javier Milei’s tough austerity measures.

Argentina’s poverty rate soared to nearly 53% in the first half of 2024, according to official data released on Thursday, marking a sharp increase from the 41.7% reported at the end of 2023. This rise,

The share of Argentines with a positive view of Milei dropped 7 percentage points between August and September to 40 per cent, according to pollster Poliarquía, although overall approval of his government fell only two points, to 53 per cent.

New data reveals that more than half of Argentina’s 46 million population now lives in poverty.Since taking office in December, this has been a major setback for President Javier Milei as he attempts to revive the troubled economy.

Argentina's poverty rate rocketed to 52.9% in the first half of 2024, the government's INDEC statistics agency said on Thursday, surging from 40.1% a year earlier.

Argentina's poverty rate jumped from 41.7% to 52.9% during the first six months of Javier Milei' s presidency, the statistics agency reported Thursday, a rise reflects the pain of the country's most intense austerity program in recent memory.

Poverty in Argentina soared to almost 53 percent in the first half of 2024, the national statistics bureau reported on Thursday. The figure has risen sharply during the mandate of President Javier Milei,

Argentina's poverty rate soared to almost 53% in the first half of the year, official data released on Thursday showed, the first hard evidence of the painful impact of libertarian President Javier Milei's tough austerity measures.

The poverty figure for the first six months of this year was 52.9%, up from 41.7% in the second half of 2023, said the country's Indec statistics agency. Since taking office in December, Milei has slashed subsidies for transport,

Official report says Argentina's poverty rate has spiked to 53% in first six months of austerity under President Milei

Poverty in Argentina reached its highest level since the aftermath of the 2001 financial crisis in the first half of the year, as President Javier Milei unleashed a shock therapy program to put an already reeling economy back on its feet.