tmijail@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.ml•Argentina Lifts Wages, Welfare in Defiance of IMF Austerity Push
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1 year agoThat was after the Argentine Peso lost 20% of it’s value in a single day to appease the IMF (according to the official exchange rate). Unless wages increase by more than 20%, then they’re not really increasing, just keeping up with inflation.
In Argentina, photographers usually try to get the most unflattering pictures of politicians so they can sell them to newspapers ideologically opposed to said politicians.
That’s not what’s happening here. He really does look like that. You should see what he looks like when he’s posing for a picture.