Students, unions stage fifth ‘federal march’ over university funding
Thousands of students and lecturers march against Milei’s higher education cuts; State employees also stage a 24-hour strike as thousands demand immediate implementation of the university funding legislation. Leer más
On Thursday, a group of thousands of students and university lecturers marched through Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina, demanding that President Javier Milei's government comply with a law updating funding for public universities. This was the fifth such "federal march" in the Milei administration's tenure. The University Funding Law, approved by Congress five times, aims to provide inflation-linked salary adjustments for lecturers and restore student grants and university funding.
However, the law remains unimplemented, with the government reportedly owing lecturers a 32% salary debt. The march, organized by student associations and lecturers' unions, called for the government to adhere to the law and address the deteriorating financial situation of university staff. Demonstrators from various social organizations and political parties joined the protest, calling for the repeal of Milei's decree on rural land sales and the immediate implementation of the University Funding Law.
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