"El objetivo principal del gobierno sigue siendo bajar la pobreza," the Casa Rosada said today, referencing disappointing @INDECArgentina data that revealed an increase, to 32%, in #Argentina's poverty rate, compared to 26% a year ago. 1/
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On March 1, President
@mauriciomacri announced a 46% increase in the Asignación Universal por Hijo conditional cash transfer program. But the Casa Rosada said today it was also addressing poverty through investments in barrios populares (shantytowns) and basic infrastructure. 2/1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
"Sabíamos que el camino no iba a ser fácil ni lineal," the Casa Rosada said, aware that President Mauricio Macri's "pobreza cero" has become an election year liability. 3/
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Read more about #Argentina's anti-poverty efforts, and the political implications, in @LATAMProg's newsletter, the #WeeklyAsado, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/weekly_asado_2019.02.22.pdf …. Subscribe here, https://engage.wilsoncenter.org/onlineactions/YQcpNdU-sU-dusDkAOYDtw2 …. 4/
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