Argentina's Milei faces nationwide strike against his 'mega-decree' labour reforms

Barely a month after taking the presidency in Argentina, conservative leader Milei is confronted with workers staging a 24-hour walkout.

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00:00 Argentinian workers have staged their first general strike against the radical policies

00:06 of President Javier Milley. Tens of thousands took to the streets of Buenos Aires to protest

00:12 against his plans for deep spending cuts and wider-ranging deregulations of the economy.

00:18 They were also demonstrating against a new law curbing the right to protest and expanding

00:23 presidential powers.

00:24 Milley was elected in December, promising extreme measures to tackle the country's inflation

00:30 crisis and soaring poverty levels.

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