Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Tens of thousands of Argentinians took to the streets of the capital Buenos Aires on Wednesday to protest recently inaugurated President Javier Milei 's decree ushering in sweeping austerity and deregulation and to defy the new far-right administration's crackdown on demonstrations. Led by labor union activists, the protesters railed against Decree of Necessity and Urgency 70/2023, announced last week by Milei, who is an economist.
Martin Lucero, a 45-year-old teacher who also took part in the protest, told Agence France-Presse: 'The decree is destructive of all labor rights. The Argentine people chose Milei as president of the nation, not as emperor.' Milei—an admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump who says that climate change is a 'socialist lie' and seeks policy advice from his cloned dogs—pledged to take a 'chainsaw' to social programs. He appears to be delivering on his promise.
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