Barely had President Javier Milei finished announcing his 366-article economic megadecree on Wednesday night when the sound of angry people banging on pots and pans filled the night.

Incensed that Argentina’s president was overturning years of hard-won labor laws, social rights and sovereignty protections in a single decree, they swarmed to the national Congress building and took to the streets in spontaneous protest. By Wednesday, he had been in power for 11 days.

Chants comparing Milei to the dictatorship mixed with insults aimed at Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and ex-president-cum-Milei backer, Mauricio Macri. At times, the crowd broke out into chants of “Ohh, que se vayan todos” (Out with all of them), a rejection of the........

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