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Montevideo, December 21st 2024 - 15:04 UTC

Tag: Retirement age

  • Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 08:12 UTC

    Milei wants retirement age of Argentines raised

    People who live up to the age of 90 retire too soon for the Libertarian government

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei is reportedly planning to raise the retirement age of women to equate it with that of men, among other initiatives to be brought before Congress in the coming month by the newly-created May Council, a political committee provided for in a presidential decree last week after the “May Pact” signed earlier this month in Tucumán.

  • Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

    Uruguay: Lacalle admits to changing his mind over retirement age

    The Broad Front had been looking the other way for 15 years regarding social security, Lacalle argued

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday admitted he had defaulted on one of his campaign promises of not raising the retirement age, because “it was impossible” not to modify it.

  • Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

    Markets disappointed with Bolsonaro's watered down pensions reform

    Bolsonaro told reporters that the minimum retirement age would be 62 for men and 57 for women, effective five years after legislation is passed

    Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday called for minimum retirement ages significantly lower than those proposed by his predecessor, sparking concerns among investors that he will back watered-down pension reform legislation.

  • Monday, September 10th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

    Falklands increases retirement age from 64 to 65 in 2020

    The decision arose out of an actuarial review of the FIG Retirement Pension Fund (RPF) carried out in 2016, which found the fund to hold a £82m deficit

    The Falkland Islands Executive Council has approved changes to the Retirement Pensions Ordinance that will increase the retirement age from 64 to 65 in 2020. The changes reflect a policy initially approved by ExCo in 2013 and later by Budget Select Committee during the 2017/18 budget process. Those changes proposed an increase in the retirement age by a year every ten years as of 2020.