Former president described current poverty situation as the worst in 20 years
Former president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, estimated that the 57.4% poverty rate affecting the South American Country, according to a study by the Argentine Catholic University (UCA), leaves the nation in a worse situation than 20 years ago, when the index was 54%. teleSUR
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00:00 The former president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, estimated that the 57.4% poverty rate affecting the South American country, according to a study by the Argentine Catholic University, leaves the nation in a worse situation than 20 years ago, when the index was 54%.
00:20 The Paranist leader considered that the graph of the Observatory of the Social Debt of the EUCI, which reflects the highest percentage of poverty since the historical series began in 2004, shows something more than a massive setback.
00:35 This situation occurred specially from 2018, when the government of Mauricio Macri went into debt in dollars by borrowing from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, estimated Fernández de Kirchner.
00:49 The report referred to by the former president reflects an increase in poverty of 7.9 percentage points between December and January, from 49.5% to 57.4%.
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