The State of the State ( es, El estado del estado) is a 2016 report released in Argentina, during the presidency of
Mauricio Macri
Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previo ...
. It details the conditions of the state as of December 10, 2015, after the presidencies of
Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner (; 25 February 195027 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, Secretary General of UNASUR and ...
and
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...
. This report was announced on March 1, 2016, by president Macri, during the
Opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina.
Contents
The contents of the report have been divided in 219 items.
The
Ministry of Social Development was received with a debt of $500,000,000, and $13,544,000 from the budget for social houses was destined to unrelated purposes. A third of all the houses built by it did not meet the minimal standards, and 60% of the families benefited with them did not receive the
property title
In property law, title is an intangible construct representing a bundle of rights in (to) a piece of property in which a party may own either a legal interest or equitable interest. The rights in the bundle may be separated and held by different ...
.
The state had a debt over $3,000,000,000 with national universities, and teachers at seven provinces were paid below the
minimum wage
A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor. Most countries had introduced minimum wage legislation by the end of the 20th century. Bec ...
. The Posadas hospital had used only 25% of the 2015 budget for infrastructure improvements, and 400,000 deceased retirees were still receiving benefits at PAMI.
The country had a
recession
In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction when there is a general decline in economic activity. Recessions generally occur when there is a widespread drop in spending (an adverse demand shock). This may be triggered by various ...
since 2012, and industrial activity decreased all months from 2013 to 2015. Exports fell by 25%, and the fiscal deficit was %5,5 of the whole economy. No jobs in the private sector had been created since 2012. 18,000 jobs in the food industry were lost, and the country fell from being the 3º international provider of meats to the 12º. 4,000,000 of workers in the private sector were not fully legally employed, and 51% of the people in the country had employment problems.
Ephedrine
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imports grew over 100% in a few years, and statistics about crime in Argentina ceased to be published in 2008. There were more than 700 denounces of corruption crimes, and the Ezeiza prison had debts for $800,000,000.
References
External links
El estado del estado
{{Mauricio Macri
Presidency of Mauricio Macri
Argentine books
Creative Commons-licensed books
2016 non-fiction books