1) Though Christmas bonuses and other targeted social spending appear to have calmed year-end social tensions in #Argentina, new data from the Universidad Católica Argentina's @ODSAUCA reveal the damage from this year's peso crisis.
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2) Promised "pobreza cero" by President
@mauriciomacri during his 2015 presidential campaign,#Argentina instead saw poverty increase steeply this year, from 28% to 34%.pic.twitter.com/xYm8apxLxi
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3) Sustained social spending (permitted by the #IMF) and a projected economic recovery should reverse this trend. But the opposition is weaponizing the poverty data. "Hoy los ricos son más ricos y los pobres son más pobres," @SergioMassa said in a recent attack ad.pic.twitter.com/oEYlmguiub
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