The protests lack common demands. Clarin noted that the Peronist opposition is divided, and that the rallies are being organised by separate groups and factions pressing their own causes.
The first took place on Tuesday, when union and civic group members gathered near the Supreme Court in Buenos Aires. They want the court to block Milei's decree lifting limits on foreign ownership of land.
On Thursday, the CGT, the country's largest union federation, is due to march against the removal of trade barriers and deregulation it says exposes domestic industry to foreign competition and costs jobs.
The land decree will return to the streets on 15 October, when protesters plan to gather outside Congress as opposition lawmakers in the lower house seek a debate on rejecting it. Lecturers' and students' groups have called a march the same day against university budget cuts.
Public-sector workers' union plans a rally on 21 October for higher pay. The two factions of the split CTA federation intend a joint one-day strike and a rally at Plaza de Mayo, near the seat of government, before the month ends, though no date has been set.
Since taking office in 2023, Milei has pursued deep public spending cuts, which he calls a "chainsaw" approach, and free-market reforms to pull the country out of economic crisis. The government has sharply cut inflation and achieved a budget surplus, but austerity has angered unions and the left.
Poverty rose to 32 per cent in the first half of 2026 from 28 per cent in the previous period, according to the INDEC statistics institute. That remains well below the level in Milei's first year. Analysts say the reversal may signal that the benefits of lower inflation are fading, and that further gains will require job creation and rising wages.
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Source: PAP