"Nighttime Soup Kitchen: Argentina's Desperate Battle Against Rising Poverty"
Argentina's Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires has become a nighttime soup kitchen as poverty levels in the country reach over 40%. With annual inflation at 124%, many people are struggling to make ends meet, resorting to informal jobs and seeking hot meals in the central square. The crisis has impacted the center-left Peronist government and its presidential candidate, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, while anti-establishment right-wing candidate Javier Milei gains popularity in the polls. The country's poverty rate has risen from just over 39% at the end of last year to 40.1% in the first half of 2023.