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May 10, 2024

General Strike Brings Argentina to Standstill
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In Argentina, labor unions led a nationwide strike Thursday, bringing
transportation and many businesses to a standstill. It was the second
general strike against far-right President Javier Milei's austerity and
deregulation reforms. Milei also devalued the Argentine peso, causing
prices to soar even higher and sending the nations annual inflation rate
to around 300%, the highest in the world. Over half the population of
Argentina lives in poverty. This is union leader Hector Daher.

Hector Daher: "The strike was a success. Success is not a goal in
itself, and the success of the workers' strike is not an objective in
itself. It is a wake-up call to the authorities to find a course to
rectify this social damage they are carrying out with the measures they
are taking every day."



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