“Poverty continues to decline. Data not reported. MAGA! “. Argentine President Javier Milei could not contain his euphoria in X after the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) reported that poverty reached 28.2% of the populationn during the second half of 2025 and indigence at 6.3%. This is equivalent to 13.5 million people affected. The last measurement by the official body, intervened by the far-right Government, had beenl 31,6% y 6,9%, rrespectively. That means, according to Indec, that 1.5 million Argentines have stopped being poor. The issue of poverty has been a battlehorse of Milei since he took office.
In December 2024, upon completing his first year in office, he had assured that eight million people They stopped belonging to that punished platform of society. A month later he spoke of nine million. On June 6, 2025 it was fixed: 10 million. Two months later, in August, he boasted of having lifted 11 million. By September, and at a dizzying speed of improvement in living conditions, he amended the number and placed it in the 12 million. But since everything is too fast in Argentina, December 3 became 13 million the rescued citizens. The figure should not have satisfied capitalist anarcho because before the end of the year it placed it at 14 milliona provisional figure because January 22 was passed to 15 million.
Figures that don’t add up
The ruling party celebrated the conclusions of Indec, but could not explain how such improvements coexist with a recessive picture of the economy, the 6.4% drop in salary in the last semester amid a monthly inflation of 3%, the loss of purchasing capacity of the millions of Argentines who receive social assistance, the collapse of consumption in supermarkets by 18.7% and the erosion of pensions. Bread consumption fell by 55%, with the corresponding closure of 2,000 bakeries during the Milei era. Meat consumption fell 13.0% in January compared to the same month in 2025, reaching the lowest level since 2005. U300,000 employees lost their jobs due to the closure of 22,000 companies. About 60,0000 in the State. Investment fell 11%. Payment by card in supermarkets went from 37.7% to 44.4%. 91% of households are in debt and six out of 10 people skip one meal a day.
Agustín Salvia, head of the Social Debt Observatory of the Argentine Catholic University (UCA) assured that the “poverty is increasing”. The Indec percentages are “mere statistical effect.” The State agency draws its conclusions on the basis of a price structure based on 2004: it does not include rent, internet, cell phones, health insurance or public rates in a country where energy costs up to 344% more than in December 2023 and gas up to 1,500%, depending on the areas, while the price of water increased by 386% in the same period. For the consulting firm CP, if the Indec parameters were adjusted poverty would reach 42%.
Of different realities
The Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, joined in the presidential uproar at the Stock Exchange in the city of Rosario.”GDP is at record levelsprivate consumption is at record levels, exports are at record levels and the harvest is at record levels.” Opponents recall that, although the macroeconomy grew last year, it was due to financial intermediation, mining and agricultural activity, which do not generate employment or consumption.
Milei’s celebration has not proven to be contagious. For the first time, Government disapproval has pierced the 60% barrier. Various media maintain that the president is analyzing the possibility of hold general elections in May and not October 2027.”The decision is closely linked to economic analysis,” pointed to the portal Online Politics. Corruption scandals have also eroded the popularity of capitalist anarcho, in particular “cryptogate”, which also involves his sister, Karina Milei, the most powerful woman in the country and with a 65% negative image, according to a study by the San Andrés University.
It is not only the million-dollar scam with digital assets that shakes the far-right administration. Milei decided this Wednesday to support his spokesperson and chief of ministers, Manuel Adorni, despite the enormous impact caused by reports of exponential enrichment and luxury travel. The surname had 2.7 million mentions on social networks in the last few hours. The scandal took on another dimension last Monday when Adorni said he had bought an apartment for $200,000 with a loan from two people. It soon became known that they were pensioners. The diary The Nation He went to consult them. Both said they know the chief minister.
Until a few weeks ago, Milei took his re-election for granted. Anxiety has once again settled on the horizon. Although the ruling party has a majority in both chambers, the possibility of new problems in its premises has once again been contemplated. Deputy Lilia Lemoine has just been put at the head of the impeachment commission. Before devoting herself to politics, she was a cosplayer and used to appear in costume in different spaces. She was also Milei’s makeup artist. She was also known for her conviction that the earth is not round.
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