Argentina’s wake-up call? National strike, politics slow Milei’s broad reforms.
In the teeming crowd in front of Argentina’s National Congress last week, Alicia Ambrosi weaved her way around banners and placards pleading for more economic assistance – and deriding a new president intent on fundamentally changing how the country works.
The retiree, who once sewed socks in a factory, sees herself as part of the growing number of Argentines slipping below the poverty line. Her pension is roughly $150 a month, about minimum wage, but with climbing inflation, she says she can barely cover basic expenses.
“If I ate two bananas before, now I eat one,” Ms. Ambrosi says of a brutal
