During the last few days, we witnessed some of the most repugnant displays of political and intellectual corruption in Argentina. The 2026 budget bill, submitted by the National Executive Branch, was to be debated in the National Congress. This budget is a veritable austerity tool at the behest of the US government, the IMF, and economic power.
This past May 1st, some naive people might have expected a greeting to the workers from the President of the Nation, even if it were purely hypocritical. But none of that happened. What was abundant were his usual insults against supposed enemies, real or not (it doesn't matter), long lists of false economic data, and the repetition of his classic displays of contempt for the working people. He is not alone in this task, as he is accompanied by his officials, some ad hoc representatives, and his own and allied legislators.
Last Wednesday, we retirees generated an important political event that was deliberately ignored by most of the media. Numerous organizations of retired workers, including the Coordinating Board of Retired and Pensioner Organizations, gathered at the Plaza del Congreso to demand the extension of the pension moratorium, among other points. On this occasion we were accompanied by various sectors of workers, social, cultural and political organizations in a united attitude worthy of being highlighted.
Uruguay. Statements by the “progressive” foreign minister: “We do not recognize anyone in Venezuela: neither Maduro nor the one who claimed to have triumphed” / Opinions of a convert
Sebastián Fest / El Mundo / Resumen Latinoamericano / March 4, 2025.
Photo: Journalist Mario Lubetkin, whose career spans more than 40 years, assumes a new position in the Government of Yamandú Orsi: head of diplomacy
Uruguay changes its position on Venezuela: Yamandú Orsi, the new president, does not recognize Nicolás Maduro or Edmundo González Urrutia as heads of state.
More than a thousand workers, mostly retirees, took over the area around the National Congress on Wednesday, February 19, as they have been doing for 35 years. Despite the threatening and aggressive presence of hundreds of federal police, agents of the Gendarmerie and the National Prefecture, these worthy workers marched around the so-called “house of democracy” and carried out the longest traffic light checkpoint in living memory, in front of the eyes of Patricia Bullrich’s henchmen.
Once again the national government gives unequivocal signs of what its objectives are. It does so by ordering the increases for the retired sector starting in February. They fill their mouths saying that retirees do not lose with inflation but that is not true. The increase for February (2.7%) is applied to the minimum income but not to the $70,000 bonus, which is part of the income and has been frozen since March 2024. Conclusion: the increase varies between 2.1 and 1.9% far from the 2.7% announced. Let us agree that they are all misery but they do not even respect their word.
Press Release 1714 “Wednesday of the Retirees”
A new year has begun and contrary to what some may suppose, the Government’s misdeeds to the detriment of retirees are the same as those it has been doing since its inauguration, but corrected and increased. Surely the relaxation, a product of the colored mirrors offered to certain social sectors thanks to an artificially cheap dollar, makes one presume a prosperous course in the economic field.
Retirement age to be raised by 3 years in Panama
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino during his message. Still taken from the video posted on X @JoseRaulMulino account
The Panamanian government presented a bill Wednesday in the National Assembly to raise the retirement age by three years in an attempt to clean up the public pension system, which is in danger of bankruptcy.
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