Argentine Protesters, Police Clash at Demo over University Funding
Thousands rallied for public university funding as police used tear gas and water cannons against breakaway protesters.
- On Thursday, thousands of students, teachers and opposition activists rallied outside Congress in Buenos Aires for the 'Marcha Federal,' demanding implementation of the 2025 University Funding Law that President Javier Milei has refused to enact.
- Milei has justified his refusal by citing his zero-deficit austerity policy, which mandates strict spending cuts despite the law requiring inflation-linked salary increases for lecturers and restored student scholarships dating to December 2023.
- The Center for National Economic Research of the University of Buenos Aires found public university spending fell 41 percent in real terms this year compared to 2023, while the government owes lecturers a 32 percent salary debt despite court orders to comply.
- After dozens of hooded demonstrators broke away and threw stones, police responded with tear gas and water cannons, resulting in at least 25 arrests and eight injuries to security personnel during the hour-long clashes.
- National Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva accused demonstrators of seeking to provoke disorder, while opposition leaders described the clashes as a police failure to protect peaceful protest rights during the fifth major demonstration since Milei took office in December 2023.
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Demonstrators clashed with police in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires on Thursday during a mass protest against cuts to higher education spending by budget-cutting President Javier Milley.
For the fifth time since the far right president came to power, students and professors have beaten the floor against budgetary asphyxiation.
“Milei, we have to comply with the law.” This was the phrase that was read this Thursday in Buenos Aires, where tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the Argentine Congress to protest against the Javier Milei government. Specifically, they demanded that Casa Rosada comply with the Law of University Financing. On the same day, they joined the demonstration, which ended with serious incidents, unions and state workers, who demanded by t…
The Argentine Ministry of Security also reported a total of eight agents injured in the massive Federal University March held in the Transandina capital, which claims compliance with the University Financing Act.
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