本周二，阿根廷主流媒体报道称米莱政府准备发行新面值货币，7.7亿张10000面值（约合11美元）的比索正式开始流通；相比于之前最高面值为2000比索的货币，直接上调了5倍之多，且年底还要发行20000面额的比索。至于为什么要超发大面额的货币，消息人士的解释是“有利于民众购买的便利”，也就是说买东西不用携带如此多的货币了。

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Beijing activated a Level II flood-control emergency response, the second-highest level, on Tuesday as authorities warned of heavy rain and heightened risks of urban waterlogging and landslides.
Most parts of the city are expected to receive more than 100 millimeters of rain within six hours and over 150 millimeters within 24 hours from Tuesday evening through Thursday, according to the Beijing meteorological service.
Beijing issued an orange alert for rainstorms at 10 a.m. Monday, while several districts, including Fangshan, Daxing and Tongzhou, issued the highest-level red alerts.
Authorities said residents in high-risk areas would be evacuated by Tuesday evening. Construction work will be suspended, and mountain campsites and scenic areas will be closed.
Starting Wednesday, employers are encouraged to adopt flexible working hours or staggered schedules. Schools may suspend classes and in-person training depending on conditions, while organized outdoor sports activities will be halted.
Beijing's drainage authorities have put 252 flood-control teams on standby. Preparations, including the installation of flood barriers, have also been stepped up at 368 subway stations, 33 hospital campuses and 17 elderly care facilities.
In Fangshan, where exceptionally heavy rain is forecast, authorities have begun evacuating residents from high-risk areas ahead of the downpours and deployed emergency rescue teams and supplies, with more than 150,000 items of emergency equipment and materials on standby.
Dolphin, the 13th typhoon of the year, made two landfalls in Zhejiang Province on Sunday. The National Meteorological Center on Tuesday maintained an orange alert for rainstorms, forecasting heavy rain across a broad swath of the country through Wednesday afternoon, including Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Beijing and Tianjin.
As of 7 a.m. Monday, about 167,900 people had been moved from vulnerable areas on land and at sea in Fujian Province. By late Sunday, Shanghai had evacuated around 215,600 people from areas considered at risk.
。然而事实上很多阿根廷媒体猜测，此举是为了应对货币贬值和接下来有可能进行的更多贬值，顺便为国库增加财富和收入；从米莱上台后，比索的贬值达到54%，让原本就要携带成捆钱币花销的阿根廷人苦不堪言。

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但一方面是“穷疯了”的阿根廷人，另一方面却是“小富”的政府。4月下旬米莱通过电视发表讲话，宣布2024年一季度实现财政盈余，创下2750亿比索（约合3.2亿美元）的收入。他称这些钱是“自由经济”政策下的盈利，阿根廷终于走入了新时代。但马萨领导的反对党却揭露米莱实则是在收割阿根廷人，所谓的盈利不过是用贬值货币压缩出口关税利润，加上超低的价格出卖国家能源、矿产和企业给外国公司，底层的民众失业率大涨。

果然在5月9日，阿根廷又爆发了蔓延全国的示威行动。全国数十万名工人自发停止工作、拒绝到岗和到街头拉标语来抗议米莱政府“倒行逆施”的政策，认为其让阿根廷陷入长期失业和贫困的危机。这些工人表示他们涨薪的幅度很低，但物价“每天都在变”，政府承诺的补贴、福利和减税更是一样都没有。更有甚者薪资甚至顾不上生活成本，或是被迫裁员，他们必须为自己争取权利。这些人中也有不少人一开始是支持米莱上台的，但他们现在显然“后悔”了。

分析人士表示，阿根廷总统兴高采烈地宣布“创收”，底层民众却表示“过不下去”，上台半年时间闹了两次全国大罢工，如此上下分离是有原因的。其一是政府3个月创收的3.5亿美元，米莱虽然保证会“花到每个民众身上”，但他们优先使还要用货币还债，剩下的分摊到4600万阿根廷人身上的也微不足道。其二是米莱的“收割货币”政策严重扰乱了基层市场，今年3月阿根廷制造业和建筑业出现了自新冠疫情大流行以来的最大跌幅，偏偏这两个行业也是底层民众生活的命脉产业，失去工作者沦为赤贫。其三也是根本的一点：阿根廷历史上没有进行过这种大幅度的“休克疗法”，经济执行有很多规则性问题难以寻找经验和前例。

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值得一提的还有，在全国大罢工的同一时期，阿根廷强大的工会组织正抵制米莱的改革努力，这一改革将降低公司的遣散费用，并进一步加强他的紧缩计划。对此有评论称：“现在开弓没有回头箭，政府除非把国家‘做强或者做烂’，否则没有其他选项的。马斯克等国外资本家们现在非常支持米莱推行下去，受益者显而易见。

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