Inflation continues to pay too little salary, the Argentine people lift the coffin to the salary for the "funeral"

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

According to Reuters, on August 19th local time, large -scale protests broke out in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, and many people took a "funeral" for salary to express that inflation continued to be high. Dissatisfaction with low wages.

The local people are dressed in black funerals and lift the coffin to the president

The video shows that in the parade, the protesters were dressed in black mourning, carried a huge coffin to the direction of the Argentine Presidential Palace, and some women also walked on both sides of the team with wreaths. It is worth noting that this so -called funeral is not to commemorate someone, but to mourn the "dead salary" of Argentine workers.

"The salary has been dead", and the protesters held the banner on the banner like this; the wreaths held by women read "rest, the minimum wage".

It is reported that according to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in Argentina, the country's minimum wage is 45540 per month (about RMB 2281), but an ordinary four -digit home has only reached 111298 in food expenses per month. Argentina Bettho (about RMB 5576) is more than twice the minimum wages.

Protestants are outside the Presidential Palace in Argentina

"The situation of the workers is very bad, and it can be said that it is‘ devastating ’. Before the middle of the month, we did n’t pay a penny." A protesters named Melissa said in an interview.

There is also a protesters holding a "case report" of Argentina's salary. The chart in the report shows how inflation is "devouring the salary of the workers."

At present, Argentina is facing severe inflation. The report pointed out that according to market expectations, the inflation rate in Argentina is expected to be as high as 90%by the end of this year. Although the Argentine government has been taking measures for many years to fight inflation, prices are still rising. Argentina's inflation rate in July this year was as high as 7.4%, the highest level in the past 20 years.

Last week, the Associated Press pointed out in the report that Argentina's prices rose in the food field particularly seriously. Relevant data showed that nearly 40%of the country's approximately 47 million people lived below the poverty line.

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