Argentines down tools in first major challenge to budget-slashing Milei

Argentine President Javier Milei faces the first major challenge to his budget-slashing policies Wednesday as workers are expected to down tools in their thousands and take to the streets in protest.

The South American country’s biggest union, the CGT, with some seven million members, has vowed a massive mobilization against Milei’s campaign of deregulation and economic reform, which many fear will leave them vulnerable to exploitation, and poorer.