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Argentina records sharp rise in poverty

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More than half of Argentina 's 46 million people are now living in poverty, new figures show.

The poverty figure for the first six months of this year was 52.9% , up from 41.7% in the second half of 2023 .

President Javier Milei has slashed subsidies for transport, fuel and energy and sacked thousands of civil servants.

Milei's government blames previous left-leaning Peronist governments for the current troubles.

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English

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