It is true that in Venezuela, a worker who earns a minimum income buys 4 liters of milk and, in Argentina, 297 liters of milk.

July 27, presenting his book Sincerely Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Mendoza said: "Today, with food, we are like Venezuela."

After the statement of the pre-candidate to the vice president of the Front of All, Twitter began broadcasting a to post by Andrei Serbi Pont, Director of the Regional Coordinator of Economic and Social Research (CRIES), Investigation center Nicaragua, where he compares the amount of liters of milk that can be purchased with a minimum wage in Venezuela and Argentina. The publication had more than 2 thousand responses and more than 3,000 "I like it".

Under the hashtag "#SraCristinaLeCuentoQue", Serbi Pont said in your twitter: "In Venezuela, a minimum wage makes it possible to buy 4 liters of milk. In Argentina, a minimum wage buys 297 liters of milk. Do not trivialize or minimize the Venezuelan humanitarian emergency @ FCKArgentina! "As you could confirm Reverso, this information is true.

The minimum wage in Venezuela

On April 26, Venezuela entered into force on Decree No. 3.829 the minimum wage went from 18,000 bolivars to 40,000 bolivars.

At the same time, the law obliges all workers in the public and private sectors to receive a food bonus called "Cestaticket". Last April, the value of the basket basket also increased and was adjusted by 25,000 bolivars. In other words, the monthly minimum income in Venezuela, consisting of the minimum wage and the food premium (minimum integral wage), is 65,000 bolivars.

As for what's going on with the price of a liter of milk, Reverso consulted Cocuyo effect, a Venezuelan media dedicated to, among other things, checking the statements circulating in the public debate.

From there, they sent images taken today of three milk prices (see right here, right here and right here). Thus, when calculating the average based on these prices of two supermarkets in Caracas, it appears that the liter of milk from Venezuela is sold at 12,450 bolivars. In other words, in this country, a worker who receives the minimum income (65,000 bolivars) can buy about 5 liters of milk, a number similar to that indicated in the publication of Andrei Serbi Pont (4 liters of milk).

What's happening in Argentina?

In Argentina, as of 1 March 2019, the minimum wage: $ 12,500 for all workers who complete the full day of legal work, 8 hours a day.

To find out what is the price of a liter of milk in Argentina, Reverso took average consumer prices in Greater Buenos Aires INDEC in June 2019. According to this source, the liter of milk would be sold 44.77 pesos. As a result, a worker who receives the minimum wage may purchase around 279 liters of milk per month. In this case, the number varies – although not significantly – compared to what appears in the publication of Andrei Serbi Pont (297 liters of milk).

Fernandez de Kirchner, present last Saturday your book Sincerely, in Mendoza, and said: "Today, with food, we are like Venezuela, the truth has to be told", and quoted as a source by the United Nations for the sake of l '. Food and Agriculture (FAO).

However, the last report the establishment, from 2019, shows that the percentage of undernourished people (percentage of the population that does not meet their daily energy needs) is very different in both countries. In Venezuela, the population is estimated at 21.2 per cent and Argentina at 4.6 per cent. These are data estimated by FAO for the period 2016-2018.

In the case of Venezuela, which is going through an economic and political crisis that has led to food shortages, the number of people in this situation has doubled, since they were 10.5 over the period 2004-2006, while L & # Argentina decreased very slightly over the same period, from 4.7% to 4.6%.

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