• nkat2112@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    It’s true that things were rough before Argentina’s Trump was voted in, but it’s now substantially worse - and in such a short amount of time too:

    BUENOS AIRES, Sept 26 (Reuters) - 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.

    For the second half of last year, INDEC had reported a rate of 41.7%.