07.02.2019 - 02:28 [ teleSUR ]

Macri Would Lose If Argentines Went to Polls Now: Survey

The administration’s slashing of subsidies, reducing entire ministries, selling off peso reserves, and taking out a US$ 56.3 billion loan from the highly unpopular International Monetary Fund (IMF) have all contributed to the president’s decreased chances at winning another term in eight months. Major union and social movement protests have taken place regularly in Argentina since late 2017 to demonstrate against the government‘s austerity measures and the IMF loan.