More poverty and misery ahead for most Argentines as food prices soar

Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 10:44 UTC

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An Argentine household needs a monthly income of at least 100,000 Pesos equivalent to US$ 781 at the official rate, (128 Pesos to the dollar) or US$ 454 (free market, 220 Pesos to the dollar) to remain just above the poverty line, according to the latest estimate from the government's Stats Office, Indec. Read full article

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Dirk Dikkler
Well I expect that the Argentine Tax Payers are Happy that they are paying for all the Argentine delegates going to the C24 Meeting for a Booze filled PARTY !!!
Jun 22nd, 2022 - 10:50 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Livepeanuts
This can only mean pull out the “Malvinas smoke screen” and send even more delegates to the useless defundable UN, fabricate strong distractions for the populace not to realise that they are going hungry, help the people lose weight.
Jun 22nd, 2022 - 03:29 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Falklands-Free
We islanders have long since known that every internal problem in Argentina means that there is an increase in renewed propaganda to divert attention from their people.
Quite likely why there is such a large party going to the C24 .
Jun 22nd, 2022 - 03:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Mike Summers
$780 is around £635 per month, £7,600 per annum. That is about half the Living (minimum legal) Wage in the Falkland Islands. What a terrible state of affairs, yet they still waste huge amounts trying to justify the unjustifiable. Poor people.
Jun 22nd, 2022 - 05:09 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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