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Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ for bureaucracy could slash an antiquated law aimed at protecting Argentine kids from turning into werewolves. Really. - Argentina Reports
Buenos Aires, Argentina – President Javier Milei’s drastic austerity measures aimed at improving Argentina’s flailing economy have shown better results in recent months. The libertarian president’s ambition to eliminate bureaucracy and red tape have become one of the main focuses of his...

Oh no! How will anyone be able to safely go out on a night of a full moon!?

Wow, I could see like 1474 or something. But within 50...One peculiar law at risk of the chopping block is an Argentine tradition that allows the president to become the godparent of the seventh consecutive son or daughter of Argentine couples, in order to prevent them from becoming werewolves.
Indeed, Law 20.843 was passed in 1974 during the presidency of María Estela Martínez de Perón, but the tradition is actually over a century old.