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Costa Rica’s Public Universities Mobilize Against Proposed $17 Million Budget Cut

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Q COSTA RICA — Hundreds of students, professors, university employees, union representatives and politicians took to the streets of San José on Tuesday to protest proposed reductions in funding for Costa Rica’s public universities. The demonstration, known as the “Gran Marcha Nacional en Defensa de la Educación” (Great National March in Defense of Education), began […]

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The march took place in San José in rejection of the decrease of almost 18 million dollars of a special fund for education that, according to the protesters, will mainly affect the scholarships and admission of new students. "We are here in defense of our education, our future and our present", said the president of the Federation of Students of the University of Costa Rica, Mariel Rojas. "Without public university the country does not prosper, …

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Nogui Acosta reacted to the massive march against the cuts to the FEES with a comment on the rain and questioned the use of resources by public universities.

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Thousands of people protest in Costa Rica against the budget cut to public universities Thousands of students, trade unionists and social activists mobilized across the streets of the Costa Rican capital to protest against the budget cut to public universities promoted by the government of President Laura Fernández. [...] The entry <font color="#0ac600">Costa Rica</font> Trade union, student and social organizations demonstrated in rejection of…

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La Nación, Grupo Nación broke the news on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
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