Argentina's Milei: shock therapy that works, or austerity that crushes the vulnerable?
President Milei vetoed pension and disability increases to protect his hard-won budget surplus, triggering mass protests. He says discipline is saving Argentina; critics say pensioners and the poor pay the price.
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Milei argues his austerity tamed inflation and balanced the budget for the first time in years — vetoing spending hikes he says would wreck that progress.
Pensioners — over 70% below the poverty line — and unions say the cuts are cruel, protesting weekly against vetoes that leave benefits covering a fraction of basic needs.
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