A warning: this is not a Universal Income for everyone type of thing. This is a monetary help for the poorest people to be able to live with some dignity.<p>I'm not criticising, just clearing things up because the headlines (here and elsewhere) make it sound like something that it isn't.
They will likely face consequences from the United States and other places for this, both from international finance (They will withdraw capital) and maybe other avenues, (covert funding of opposition parties, threats of sanctions) but they’re not in Latin America so at least there won’t be a coup.