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Florencia Peña Rebukes Milei Over Social Hardship in Radio Interview

She cites loved ones’ struggles to claim access to care has deteriorated.

Overview

  • Speaking on Radio Con Vos, Peña said her retired, diabetic mother is going without medications and suffering as a result.
  • She recounted that a longtime hairdresser’s disabled daughter with a tracheotomy is losing her obra social coverage, which she called a life-or-death issue.
  • Peña argued the government’s priority is preventing Peronism’s return rather than improving living conditions, contrasting today with Alberto Fernández’s tenure and recalling Néstor Kirchner’s decisions as protective of the public.
  • She urged that the U.S. credit the administration seeks be directed to hospitals, the Garrahan, public universities and retirees.
  • Her remarks linked economic distress to a sense of growing cruelty and recent violence, entering the political debate less than a month before the Oct. 26 legislative elections.