Protests in Argentina as lawmakers debate Milei's sweeping reform bill
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Protests erupted in Argentina as lawmakers debated President Javier Milei's sweeping economic, social, and political reform package. The protests outside Congress led to the police firing rubber bullets and water cannons at demonstrators. Opposition legislators walked out of the building to denounce the police action but later returned to resume the debate. Milei, a libertarian and self-described anarcho-capitalist, won the election on a wave of anger over economic crises and has implemented reforms such as devaluing the peso, cutting state subsidies, and deregulating the economy. His reform package covers various areas of public and private life, including privatizations, cultural issues, the penal code, divorce, and the status of football clubs. The opposition lawmakers have warned of seeking further changes to the bill, particularly regarding special powers delegated to the executive in an economic emergency and the extent of privatizations. Milei's party holds only 38 of the 257 seats in the lower chamber, and plans to privatize state-owned company YPF have already been scrapped.

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