US EditionArgentina's Milei Vetoes Pediatric Hospitals Funding Law
President Milei vetoed funding laws to maintain fiscal austerity, prompting university unions and hospital staff to organize strikes and protests across Argentina, with a 21.9% real-term investment decline in 2024.
- President Javier Milei vetoed laws to boost funding for public universities and declare a paediatric emergency, leading to confrontation with opposition and labor unions involved.
- Decree 647/2025 overturned legislation that Congress approved on August 21, which passed with 158 votes but lacked a two-thirds majority to override the veto.
- Milei is facing protests and strikes from university unions and health staff over his austerity measures, following disappointing electoral results in Buenos Aires.
- Opposition leaders criticized Milei's cost arguments, suggesting he misunderstood voter sentiments in the wake of corruption allegations.
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In Argentina, sick children do not escape the chainsaw of Javier Milei. The Argentine President used his veto to block the emergency aid voted by Parliament to ensure the functioning of the prestigious Garrahan pediatric hospital. A budgetary intransigence that disparages the staff of this institution.
Milei issues flurry of vetoes, ramps up conflict with health, education sectors
President vetoes in full bill proposing new funding for state universities, pay rises for teaching and non-academic staff, as well as a total veto for declaring a state of paediatric emergency centred on the Garrahan Children’s Hospital.
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxThe President of Argentina veto a law that establishes an increase in budget allocations for hospitals pedi tricos.
Rectors of the public universities of Argentina warned this Thursday that they are in “critical state” and, together with teaching and student unions, they called a national strike starting this Friday in rejection of President Javier Milei’s veto of the University Financing Law.
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