Anti-government protesters rally against the economic reforms of Argentinian President Javier Milei outside the Supreme Court as trade unions legally challenge the measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina
ARGENTINA’S union federation the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) has called for a nationwide general strike on January 24 against neoliberal President Javier Milei’s sweeping cuts and privatisation plans.
The seven-million-strong CGT’s general secretary Hector Daer said the strike would defy a package of Bills announced by Mr Milei, which “go against all society” and give the president “all public power.”
Mr Milei, who took office on December 10, has retreated from some campaign promises such as abolishing Argentina’s peso and adopting the dollar. But much of his “anarcho-capitalist” agenda remains intact, including selling off publicly owned firms, scrapping more than 350 economic regulations, ditching price controls, banning strikes and introducing tuition fees for university.
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