Continue reading the main story Image Ms. Huanca’s neighborhood. The global economic devastation from Covid-19 has been especially stark in Argentina, which entered the pandemic deep in crisis. Credit... Sarah Pabst for The New York Times Image Volunteers at another soup kitchen in Ms. Huanca’s neighborhood. She and her family have needed assistance to keep food on the table. Credit... Sarah Pabst for The New York Times The Argentine government, led by President Alberto Fernández, is rife with discord ahead of midterm elections in October. The administration faces a stiff challenge from the left, with a former president — and the current vice president — Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, demanding a more combative stance with the I.M.F. Businesses vent that the government has failed to come up with a strategy that can generate sustained economic growth. Liberating Argentina from stagnation and inflation is an objective that has evaded the country’s leaders for decades. In a country tha...