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These are three women who enter to lead the Ministries of Social Development; Women, Gender and Diversity; and that of Work. The latter, with important challenges in the midst of the preparation of the ruling coalition for a challenging electoral year and under the framework of constant union protests over salary increase negotiations and extremely high inflation.
A new change in the closest circle of the Argentine president: this time, three women enter to renew the cabinet that in recent months has been harshly pointed out by citizens.
This Monday, October 10, the president appointed Victoria Tolosa Paz, deputy of the ruling party Frente de Todos, as head of the Ministry of Social Development; while Raquel Olmos and Ayelén Mazza, a little less known in the public sphere, were in charge of the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity.
With these three, the number of women ministers in Fernández’s cabinet amounts to four, out of a total of 19 ministries in Argentina.
“President Alberto Fernández has summoned three women of different ages, geographical origin and extensive experience in their reference issues to be part of his Cabinet in order to deepen the breadth of views and efficiency in management,” said the spokeswoman presidential candidate, Gabriela Cerruti, when announcing the appointments.
President Alberto Fernandez (@alferdez) has summoned three women of different ages, geographical origin and extensive experience in their reference issues, to be part of their Cabinet in order to deepen the breadth of views and efficiency in management ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Vz39urXFNj
– Pink House (@CasaRosada) October 10, 2022
Economic challenges for the new ministers
Those who will have to face the greatest economic challenges are Olmos and Tolosa, who will be in charge of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, respectively. Both, with claims from Argentines for better salary conditions and more injection of fiscal spending.
Raquel Olmos, who is not close to the main trade union center, will have to balance the balance between the demands of the workers, who repeatedly take to the streets of Buenos Aires to protest, and the high inflation that the South American country registers month after month. .
In August, it reported a price increase of 7% for the second consecutive month and, compared to the same period of the previous year, it stood at 78.5%. Experts even expect the figure to exceed 100% by the end of the year.
And although the unemployment rate has dropped to 6.9%, the level of informality in the country has not been able to be regulated and the slogan “the minimum wage is dead” that union groups chant at demonstrations has become front page news. internationally repeatedly.
Victoria Tolosa, for her part, must face the poverty rate of around 36.5% while she must seek strategies to meet the demands of social organizations for greater aid from the State and not overheat the economy by raising the rate of consumer prices.
With EFE and local media.
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