Argentina offers financial aid to crisis-hit workers and pensioners
– Argentina’s economy ministry on Sunday announced a series of benefits for workers and pensioners intended to soften the blow of a severe economic crisis which has seen inflation spiral and the government devalue the country’s currency. The government will give nearly 7.5 million pensioners a package of 37,000 pesos (around $105 at the current official exchange rate) over the next three months, Economy Minister Sergio Massa said in part of a series of messages on his Instagram account. Massa, who is also the ruling party’s presidential candidate for the Oct. 22 elections, will