Argentine trade unions warn that 60,000 state workers may lose their employment
The Association of State Workers denounced that the government may seek to reduce over 60,000 temporary contracts across the country. It would be the second wave of major layoffs since Milei took power.
Milei launches massive attack on press freedom and shuts down national news agency Télam
The news agency building woke up with its building fenced off and with its website under “reconstruction.” The workers are mobilizing in response
Conference on the Integration of Latin American and Caribbean Peoples begins in Foz do Iguaçu
The Conference on the Integration of Latin American and Caribbean Peoples began on February 22, bringing together representatives from 20 countries
Right to abortion in Argentina under attack by government of libertarian Javier Milei
The discrepancies over Argentina’s new anti-abortion bill reveal the internal fissures in the right-wing block that has allied with Milei
Argentina’s far-right libertarian president warns in Davos, “the West is in danger”
The Argentine president also said that “socialism is an impoverishing model that failed”, blamed the economic crisis on “radical feminism” and denied climate change.
Milei declares war on Argentine working class with presidential decree
Milei pushed forward more than 11 labor laws and modified 20 aspects of the Labor Contract Law. It will now be cheaper to fire, protests are restricted if not banned, and precariousness will be the order of the day.
Boluarte isolates herself even further and declares López Obrador persona non grata
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Peruvian Congress declared Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador persona non grata
Norita Cortiñas: “If we don’t pay the foreign debt there would be no more poor people”
Norita Cortiñas was in La Plata during a presentation of books that reflect the struggle of different human rights defenders. In an afternoon full of recognition, emotion, memories and laughter, Norita spoke about her life and her battles.