US EditionArgentina's Milei vetoes pension boost passed by Congress
ARGENTINA, AUG 5 – President Milei vetoed pension and disability laws citing fiscal risks, despite a 7.2% pension increase approved by Congress, fueling protests and political clashes ahead of midterm elections.
- Amid fiscal concerns, President Javier Milei vetoed legislation to increase pensions and expand disability protections, saying it would undermine his pledge to eliminate the chronic fiscal deficit before October midterm elections.
- Parliament approved a law establishing an emergency disability until 2027 and a 7.2% pension increase without identified funding sources, on July 10, 2025.
- Every Wednesday, dozens of older Argentines surviving on $400 pensions have faced off against security forces using tear gas and water cannons amid escalating protests.
- The presidential decree will be published next Monday in the Official Gazette, triggering a challenge requiring a two-thirds majority in Congress to overturn the vetoes.
- Last year, Argentina posted its first fiscal surplus in 14 years and inflation fell below 2% in June, highlighting Milei’s economic reforms.
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Buenos Aires., The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, yesterday vetoed by decree the increase to retirements and pensions for incapacity approved by the Congress, by the expiration of the 10 working days to be firm the legislation; also, he managed to secure through pressures, extortions and bribes to provincial governors a triumph over the decisions that are taken when the issue returns to the Senate.
Argentine President Milei has vetoed a pension increase decided by Parliament and a law to improve the protection of people with disabilities.
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The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, officialized Monday the veto to three laws approved by Congress that benefited retirees, pensioners and persons with disabilities. READ ALSO: Argentina: Milei vetoes projects that increase retirements and the emergency disability law The decision, published in the Official Gazette, annuls the regulations that had been sanctioned with broad legislative support on July 10, marking a new chapter in the conf…
A large part of the pensioners in Argentina live in poverty. Nevertheless, the Argentine president has stopped an increase in contributions decided by Congress with a veto.
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