He arrived with his chainsaw, a very marked speech… and after five months of government Many Argentines have already taken to the streets against Javier MileYo.

This Friday, Argentine police have taken an official building to protest against the cuts of the Milei Government, at the same time that university students or doctors demonstrate against the ruler. “A country without public health, without universities, without culture is not a country,” explains Martha, a doctor and professor at the UBA.

And its cuts have already led to two general strikes. Of course, Milei has reduced the fiscal deficit and takes advantage of a “0.2% surplus”. However, Anna Ayuso, Senior Researcher for Latin America at CIDOB, finds an explanation for why she has achieved this surplus: “Reducing public spending by firing public workers on the street”.

Milei also affirms that it has reduced the growth of inflation, although another statement is explained, in this case by Ana María Bebezuk, professor: “Because We don’t consume anything. Let’s buy the basics“.

Many are beginning to assure that poverty in the country is increasing and the cuts have already reached the most basic, cancer patients, who complain because they do not receive medicine, or the associations that help the most vulnerable. “They are the ones currently starving people. and they do not guarantee that enough supplies reach the community kitchens,” explains Juan Soto, member of the social organization Libres del Sur:

He continues to apply cuts, but from Argentina they assure that not as many as he promised in his campaign speeches that went viral: “He started out overwhelming, trying to make big reforms and time has put things in their place“.

Of course, they do continue to invest in what they consider important, such as some F16s that they have purchased from Denmark.