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Macri Govt Axes Pensions for 83,000 People with Disabilities
Published 13 June 2017 (9 hours 42 minutes ago)
The Argentine government resurrected a 20-year-old decree never applied before in the country.
Argetina's President Mauricio Macri enforced a 1997 decree to cut subsidies for people with disabilities, generating harsh critcism against the government and its austerity measures affecting a range of social programs.
In total, 83,133 pensions have been eliminated or temporarily suspended between January and June, according to the Argentine newspaper Pagina 12. Those affected have reported that they weren't given prior warning and that most of them became aware of the cuts when they wanted to receive their pensions.
Also, the government stopped giving new disability certificates for the past year, and another 180,000 requests are still pending approval, according to Argentina's Clarin newspaper.
More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Macri-Govt-Axes-Pensions-for-83000-People-with-Disabilities-20170613-0024.html
