Tens of thousands protest in Argentina over Milei university cuts
Summary
Tens of thousands of people protested across Argentina against government cuts to public university funding. The protests focused on budget reductions by President Javier Milei’s administration, which critics say hurt free higher education and university staff pay.Key Facts
- Large protests took place in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina against cuts to public university budgets.
- Argentina’s public universities have been free since 1949 and have produced five Nobel Prize winners.
- Congress passed a law to fund universities and raise academic salaries, but the government has not put it into effect and is challenging it in court.
- President Milei has cut public education spending, criticizing universities as promoting "woke" ideas.
- University professors’ salaries have dropped about a third in real terms since Milei took office in late 2023.
- The protests included people of various ages and political views amid economic problems like rising unemployment and lower wages.
- There are also corruption investigations involving a close ally of President Milei, Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni.
- Government officials say the protests are political and claim they have partially compensated universities for rising costs.
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