Yohanna Torres feeds her 2-year-old daughter Luján with food she received from a soup kitchen, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Most of the social assistance money Torres receives, an equivalent of $200 per month, is used to care for Luján, who suffers from the respiratory consequences of COVID-19 that she contracted a few weeks after birth. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Sergio Gómez stands behind an empty meat display case inside his butcher shop, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Above him is a blackboard displaying outdated prices for the different cuts that he no longer sells. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Carla Cavallini poses for a picture inside the grocery store she and her husband opened eight months ago, but that is no longer viable, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Cavallini and her husband are among a large group of Argentines who say their economic situation is worse now than a year ago as a consequence of a series of austerity and deregulation measures ordered by President Javier Milei in his first 100 days in office. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Anti-government demonstrators protest against food scarcity at soup kitchens and economic reforms proposed by President Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 18, 2024. A self-described anarcho-capitalist, Milei took office in December and almost immediately announced a series of shock measures, including a 50% devaluation of the nation’s currency, in hopes of eventually bringing the roaring inflation under control. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
FILE - People line up for a free, hot meal outside a soup kitchen run by the Excluded Workers Movement in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 13, 2024. Organizers said the kitchen is open three days a week and serves about 4,000 people a day, but because of the increasing number of people coming for meals, they often don't have enough to go around. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Ámbar Imoberdoff belts out a tune on a street corner in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Imoberdoff, a 72-year-old retiree, started singing boleros and tangos in one of the busiest corners of Buenos Aires, because her pension — of roughly $140 a month — is not enough to buy food, medicine and pay for taxes and public services. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Sergio Gómez and Carla Cavallini pose for a picture outside their store, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Gómez and his wife are among a large group of Argentines who say their economic situation is worse now than a year ago as a consequence of a series of austerity and deregulation measures ordered by President Javier Milei in his first 100 days in office. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Retiree Ámbar Imoberdoff is silhouetted against the iconic obelisk monument as she performs for tips on a street corner in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Thanks to her impromptu recitals, Imoberdoff, who is a widow and has no children, says she can earn up to $200 on a good night during the weekends.. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Pedestrians watch as Ámbar Imoberdoff belts out a tune on a street corner in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Thanks to her impromptu recitals, Imoberdoff, who is a widow and has no children, says she can earn up to $200 on a good night during the weekends. “God has given me a spirit of not giving in to things. Death is going to find me standing and singing,” she said. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
FILE - Volunteers carry stackable crates filled with hot meals provided by the Excluded Workers Movement's soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 13, 2024. Social organizations that run soup kitchens in Argentina have criticized cutbacks by President Javier Milei’s government amid skyrocketing poverty levels. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Yohanna Torres waits to receive food for her and the children under her care, outside a soup kitchen on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. From Monday to Friday, she says, she and her family are able to eat at least once a day because of food provided from the community kitchen. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Ámbar Imoberdoff spurs on a passerby on a street corner where the 72-year-old retiree sings for tips, in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Thanks to her impromptu recitals, Imoberdoff, who is a widow and has no children, says she can earn up to $200 on a good night during the weekends. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
FILE - President Javier Milei flashes a thums up as he arrives to Congress to address lawmakers during the opening of the legislative session, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1, 2024. Milei, a far-right economist, ordered a series of austerity and deregulation measures to help Argentina dodge hyperinflation. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)