Argentine Protesters, Police Clash at Demo over University Funding
Police used tear gas and water cannon after a minority of protesters threw stones, while the main march stayed peaceful, authorities said.
- On Thursday, thousands of students, teachers and trade unionists rallied outside Congress in Buenos Aires demanding implementation of the 2025 University Funding Law, as police clashed with demonstrators nearby.
- President Javier Milei has refused to enact the law despite parliamentary ratification and Supreme Court rulings; his administration claims implementation remains 'suspended' while pursuing legal action.
- The Center for National Economic Research reported public university spending fell 41 percent in real terms during the first half of this year, while lecturers accumulated a 32 percent salary debt.
- Police deployed tear gas and water cannons after dozens of hooded protesters threw stones; National Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva accused demonstrators of seeking to provoke disorder.
- Yesterday's demonstration marked the fifth major protest since Milei took office in December 2023, underscoring a persistent stalemate between the government and the university sector over funding implementation.
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Buenos Aires., Dozens of wounded and detained; as well as journalists, photographers and cameramen attacked was the balance this Thursday of one of the fiercest repressions that have occurred in this capital to prevent the arrival in the Plaza of the Congress of the Nation of the fifth mass march of students, teachers, university workers and educators, who demand the budget that corresponds to the public universities, that in four judgments judg…
More than thirty people have been arrested on the occasion of the fifth and massive Federal University March held this Thursday in Buenos Aires. Students demonstrate to demand compliance with the University Financing Law, which has been the scene of clashes in which security forces have launched gasses ... Continue reading "At least 31 detainees after riots unleashed in student protests in Buenos Aires"
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