Argentina dining room grants: $763/lunch amid funding shift protests

Argentina's National Secretariat of Childhood, Adolescence and Family has disbursed $82.1M this year for community dining rooms, but only those still receiving financial aid get $763 per lunch, a rate frozen since August 2024. Beneficiaries protested at the Ministry of Human Capital ahead of Pope León XIV's visit, highlighting tension over a policy shift toward dry food assistance. The development signals fiscal tightening and social unrest risk, though details on the scale of affected dining rooms remain unclear.

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