Overview

• On July 6, Eugenio Semino formally requested the government declare an alimentary and sanitary emergency to secure immediate relief for Argentina’s pensioners.
• He highlighted that June’s pension adjustment of 1.5% translated to just 0.8% for six million beneficiaries with a frozen bonus, falling short of that month’s inflation rate.
• Semino warned that retirees are unable to heat their homes during the annual peak morbidity period, raising the risk of serious illness and death.
• According to INDEC data, minimum pensions have lost 13 percentage points against inflation since President Milei took office and in 2024 rose 105% versus 118% inflation.
• Semino insisted the state must guarantee food, medication and housing to prevent pensioners from dying due to critical income shortages.