Argentina terminates Volver al Trabajo social assistance program

The Argentine government will discontinue the Volver al Trabajo program on 1 August, ending a long‑standing cash transfer that paid beneficiaries 78,000 pesos per month. A federal court in San Martín lifted a previous injunction, allowing the executive branch to cancel the scheme and replace it with a voucher‑based labor‑training system.

The termination will affect roughly 900,000 recipients nationwide, including about 35,000 residents of Varela who together contributed an estimated 2.7 billion pesos to the local economy each month. Critics argue the cut leaves vulnerable workers without support, while officials say the new model will better align assistance with job‑skill development.

The debate highlights broader questions about the sustainability and effectiveness of Argentina’s social safety net and the need for alternative policies to protect those who rely on public assistance.