Thousands of students, university staff, trade unionists and opposition supporters rallied outside Argentina's parliament in Buenos Aires on October 16 against President Javier Milei's education cuts and to demand implementation of a university funding law. The protest was largely peaceful, but masked individuals threw stones at police, injuring at least eight officers, and police responded with water cannons and tear gas, with 25 people arrested according to the National Security Ministry. Milei vetoed the law passed by Congress in 2025, saying 'there is no money' for inflation-linked spending; Congress overrode the veto and several courts ordered the funds released, but the government has refused, claiming the law is suspended due to its legal action. Public university spending fell 41% in real terms in the first half of 2026, according to the Center for National Economic Research of the University of Buenos Aires, and this was the fifth such protest since Milei took office in 2023.
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Students at the University of Buenos Aires Exact and Natural Sciences faculty announced a one-day occupation of the building to protest President Javier Milei's spending cuts, warning that free public higher education is at risk. Students and professors say low pay is driving top faculty to private universities, and austerity threatens funding for public education. Since taking office in 2023, Milei has laid off thousands of state workers, shut ministries and cut subsidies to fight high inflation, which has fallen to around 2% a month; he says growth is strong, with 27 consecutive months of expansion. Congress passed laws increasing university funding and declaring a disability emergency, but the government has refused to implement them, and a federal judge has begun fining it 100,000 pesos (around $70) a day. A protest on Thursday demanding implementation turned violent, with at least 25 people detained and several injured, including security forces.
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Students at the University of Buenos Aires Exact and Natural Sciences faculty announced a one-day occupation of the building to protest President Javier Milei's spending cuts, warning that free public higher education is at risk. Students and professors say low pay is driving top faculty to private universities, and austerity threatens funding for public education. Since taking office in 2023, Milei has laid off thousands of state workers, shut ministries and cut subsidies to fight high inflation, which has fallen to around 2% a month; he says growth is strong, with 27 consecutive months of expansion. Congress passed laws increasing university funding and declaring a disability emergency, but the government has refused to implement them, and a federal judge has begun fining it 100,000 pesos (around $70) a day. A protest on Thursday demanding implementation turned violent, with at least 25 people detained and several injured, including security forces.
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