More than half of the population in Argentina is below the poverty line

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A recent report by the Social Observatory of the Argentine Catholic University (UCA) revealed that 49.9% of the population is below the poverty line, which is equivalent to approximately 23 million people, all this as a result of the 365 “libertarian” policy of the new president Javier Milei.  teleSUR

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00:00In the first year of Mele's administration, close to 50 percent of Argentinian population

00:04is living in high levels of poverty.

00:06Indeed, the Social Observatory of the Argentine Catholic University proved that 23 million

00:11people currently remain below such level.

00:14Moreover, the economic plan of the far-right president led to the fall of the Gross Domestic

00:18Product.

00:19The study further specified that over 66 percent of children live in households with incomes

00:24below poverty levels.

00:25Meanwhile, key sectors such as industry are going through hardships.

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