00:01The President of Argentina, Javier Milley, has cut more than 53,000 jobs in the public
00:06sector in the midst of the economic crisis that is sweeping the country.
00:11Since he took office, the unemployment rate in the nation has risen to 10.6% of the country's
00:17workforce, after 18.8% of employees in state-owned companies and 15.1% in the public administration
00:27were laid off.
00:28The reductions are part of the government's economic deregulation policy through which
00:32it seeks to stop inflation by downsizing the state's structure and reducing the salaries
00:39of its employees.
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