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Argentines requesting food assistance jump to 11 million; government had estimated four million
The Argentine government said on Tuesday that the number of people requesting food assistance has increased following the government lockdown to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, leaving some unable to work. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesEleven million Argentines equals one quarter of the total population. Since those officially declared poor make up 35 per cent, the number is not that surprising but concerning.
Apr 02nd, 2020 - 06:34 am - Link - Report abuse -1The number may reveal inconvenient, however, to members of the former government presided by Mauricio Macri, who are saying they left the country in good shape.
Time to get to work looting the Chinese owned supermarkets, as is traditional...
Apr 02nd, 2020 - 09:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0https://www.france24.com/en/20121222-two-dead-looting-argentina-buenos-aires-unrest
Enrique
Apr 02nd, 2020 - 02:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Just curious, do you remember the poverty level during the CFK government. (And yes, we know how her government falsely skewed the statistics.)
Argentina should be a far wealthier country, but we know the reason why it's not, don't we?)
With all due respect to this pandemic, we are finally seeing and end very soon.
As I've repeatedly mentioned to many of the naysayers commenting on Mercopress, a widely available, low cost and effective treatment has been proven in several trials to be effective. It does not cure the virus, but is saving lives.
https://youtu.be/NyDjJ5ytc54
(And yes, I'm very aware of the conflicting reporting in the mainstream press.)
¡Salud!
Chicureo
Apr 02nd, 2020 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Sure, let's hope that a cure -- or vaccine -- is made available soon to all countries and their populations.
In the meantime, however, all available measures should be pursued to stop or at least slow down the progression of the pandemic.
On the other hand, it is nothing short of curious that, talking about Argentina's poverty rates, you refer to CFK's time in office (2007-2015) but totally skip Mauricio Macri's time as president (2015-2019), which reveals your ideological bias.
You wrote: “Argentina should be a far wealthier country, but we know the reason why it's not, don't we?”
Perhaps, to better understand the why, we could take an educational look at Chile -- and try to understand what the heck happened to the formerly called “South American miracle.”
Salud! to you as well.
Tell me more about ideological bias.
Apr 02nd, 2020 - 10:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Chicureo the Advocator of the Avocado
Apr 02nd, 2020 - 11:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So you claimed before “there is an effective treatment that has been successfully used in several countries using a low cost available drug: Hydroxychloroquine ”
Which “says Dr. David Sullivan, professor of microbiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an infectious disease physician at the university’s malaria research institute. “Right now we have no clinical evidence that it works.”
https://en.mercopress.com/2020/03/26/bolsonaro-clashes-with-governors-over-lockdowns-they-are-destroying-brazil/comments#comment507817
”As I've repeatedly mentioned” Thus, is sheer bunkum, in that it is merely, your unsupported opinion.
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