The New York Times
of the United States,
The Guardian
of England,
EuroNews
of Europe,
El País
of Spain,
El Universal
of Mexico and
Caracol Radio
of Colombia were some of the
main media in the world
that reflected the general strike this Wednesday called by the CGT.
"
A national strike tests Milei's harsh medicine for Argentina
," the prestigious American newspaper
The New York Times
titled its extensive article, in which they stated that, in the last six weeks, "gas prices have doubled." , inflation has skyrocketed and the value of the national currency has plummeted."
"Milei had warned that such unrest was to be expected. Solving decades of economic problems would first require more pain, he stated," the note continued, defining the president as "a
libertarian economist and television expert
who became president." with a shameless political style.
The New York Times of the United States.
For its part, the British newspaper
The Guardian
headlined: "
Argentines carry out national strike against Javier Milei's far-right agenda
."
"On Wednesday at lunchtime, thousands of objectors marched through the capital, Buenos Aires, and other major cities, to express their
anger at Milei's measures
," the chronicle describes.
The British newspaper The Guardian.
Meanwhile,
El País
reported that "thousands of people took to the streets of Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina this Wednesday to
say no to the dismantling of the State
promoted by President Javier Milei."
"The demonstration was met with a
large deployment of security forces
who were in charge of taking care of one of the Government's obsessions: that traffic in the capital is not cut off by the demonstrations," the Spanish newspaper concluded.
The Spanish newspaper La Razón.
The EuroNews
news portal
noted that the CGT led "a nationwide strike to protest President Javier Milei's plans for
deep spending cuts and broader deregulation of the economy
."
For its part,
El Universal
de México emphasized that "Argentina is experiencing its first general strike since 2019" and that "
Javier Milei faces the first general strike in just 45 days of government
."
The EuroNews news portal.
The Spanish newspaper La Razón noted that "thousands of Argentines express their rejection of the ultraliberal's first measures
shouting 'the country is not for sale
.'"
In addition, he indicated that "
the main detractors
of the strike were the Minister of Security,
Patricia Bullrich
, and the Chancellor,
Diana Mondino
."
Likewise,
Caracol Radio
of Colombia headlined: "Argentina is experiencing its first general strike of the year against Javier Milei's economic measures."
In the note, they considered that the "union centers do not view favorably the measures to deregulate the economy, fiscally balance the nation and reduce the structure of the Argentine State."