Argentina’s Milei faces general strike at outset of his presidency, testing his resolve

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DAVID BILLER
Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Just over a month after taking office in Argentina, libertarian President Javier Milei faced a general strike Wednesday prostesting his decree targeting unions as well as his proposals for economic and labor law changes.  Argentina’s largest labor union organized the strike that was joined by other unions. Demonstrators took to the streets in Buenos Aires and other cities, joined by social organizations and members of opposition political parties.  It is Argentina’s first general strike in four years, and is also the quickest ever to be organized in a president’s term since the return of democracy in 1983, according to a review by local media outlet Infobae.