Poverty as a milestone in success: Argentina has the lowest wages in Latin America and a minimum wage lower than in 2001

"Argentine workers receive the lowest wages in Latin America, and the decline is historic, according to a report by the Latin American Strategic Center for Geopolitics (Celag). In September 2025, the real minimum wage was below the level of 2001, before the collapse of convertibility. In the Casa Rosada they admit that the government of Javier Milei has used workers' income as an "anchor of adjustment and slowing down inflation". And the numbers prove it.The Celag has found that the Argentine minimum wage (as of November 2025) is the lowest in the entire region, at just $225, ranking at the bottom of the table, behind Bolivia, Paraguay and far behind Costa Rica, which is at the top at $729 (…) A report from the Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la UBA also points out that the Salario Mínimo, Vital y Móvil will lose 34% of its purchasing power between November 2023 and September 2025…” Spanish article from November 17, 2025 in Página | 12 (machine translated) and examples such as resistance:

See our dossier from 2020 to 2023: Argentina against the Monetary Fund: This time in times of epidemic and inflation - and by no means “united” behind questionable government policies