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"In 40 years of democracy, there has never been such a frontal attack on the labor sector," said one union leader.

Far right insurgence meets mass resistance

Takeaways from 2023

Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, has issued a decree with over 350 reforms tearing up labor rights and privatizing industries. The “shock therapy” plan marks a dangerous expansion of the president’s powers — but it also faces fierce oppositi

Looking back/Looking ahead

Argentina’s unions and social organizations are vowing pushback and protests if Right-wing populist President Javier Milei makes good on his promises to slash the size of the state and privatize companies

Milei's victory is an international marker, of sorts, for America’s billionaires and largest corporations, who share his desire to end liberal democracy and the so-called “welfare state”...

More than 100 economists including Thomas Piketty and Jayati Ghosh publish open letter ahead of country’s 19 November election