US EditionAs President Milei’s austerity hits hard, jobless Argentines appeal to the patron saint of work
- Norma Villarreal, 56, sought help from St. Cayetano after losing her job, highlighting the struggles faced by many Argentines during the economic crisis.
- The annual pilgrimage to St. Cayetano Sanctuary serves as a reminder of ongoing economic despair in Argentina.
- Protests erupted in Buenos Aires against President Milei's job cuts, with union leader Rodolfo Aguiar demanding the return of jobs and denouncing fiscal surplus built on suffering.
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As President Milei’s austerity hits hard, jobless Argentines appeal to the patron saint of work
Argentinians' annual August pilgrimage to the patron saint of bread and work is even more salient this year as the country grapples with a recession and President Javier Milei's austerity measures.
Jobless Argentines appeal to the patron saint of work
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Struggling to feed her family after losing her job as a cleaner earlier this year, 56-year-old Norma Villarreal went to church Wednesday in the hardscrabble outskirts of Buenos Aires and waited in the pre-dawn darkness for over an hour to petition St. Cayetano, the patron saint of bread and work. “We are very hungry and we’re tired and since the government never does anything for us, I went to ask the saint,” Villarreal…
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As President Milei's austerity hits hard, jobless Argentines appeal to the patron saint of work
Throughout decades of political change in Argentina, the annual Aug. 7 pilgrimage to St. Cayetano Sanctuary has served as a potent, and grim, reminder that in Argentina, economic despair remains a constant.
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