Massive demonstrations across Argentina demand the government implement a university financing law and reverse budget cuts to public higher education.
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Hundreds of thousands of people marched across Argentina on Tuesday to protest budget cuts to public universities and demand that President Javier Milei's government implement a university financing law. Organizers estimated approximately 600,000 participants in Buenos Aires and 1.5 million nationwide, with demonstrations occurring in major cities including Córdoba, Mendoza, and Tucumán.
In the capital, massive banners hung over Plaza de Mayo and surrounding avenues repeated the slogan "Milei, comply with the law." Students, professors, researchers, union members, and opposition leaders participated in the federal university march, which culminated at Plaza de Mayo, where the presidential palace is located, and spilled onto adjacent streets.
The protest marked the fourth major university march since Milei took office in December 2023. It followed the government's announcement on Monday of a new budget modification that included additional cuts to education and health sectors as part of its fiscal balance policy.
Academic authorities, professors, and students issued a joint statement read at the central protest event, stating: "The financing of the national university system is currently critical and the principal cause is that the national Government breaches the basic democratic and constitutional rule: complying with the university financing law that establishes a floor of resources ensuring the normal functioning of the system."
The protesters demanded implementation of a law that requires the government to guarantee resources for the university system and update them according to inflation rates. The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina's largest university, organized public classes and other protest activities at its various faculties, establishing multiple gathering points from which participants marched toward Plaza de Mayo.
Milei, who assumed office with a promise to make deep cuts to public spending to eliminate the fiscal deficit, vetoed a congressional law in 2025 that guaranteed an increase in university budgets. The government characterized the march as an "opposition act."
Sol Muniz, a 24-year-old law student at the University of Buenos Aires who attended the march, told the Associated Press: "It's very clear this government is determined to defund public education. University is a source of pride for us."
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