Tens of thousands protest in Argentina over Milei university cuts
Key takeaways
- Argentines protest Javier Milei’s deep cuts to tuition-free universities as staff wages plunge and funding law stalls.
- Huge crowds in central Buenos Aires marched towards the presidential palace on Tuesday to denounce budget shortfalls that they say are undermining the foundations of higher education.
- Argentina’s public universities have been tuition-free since 1949 and have produced five Nobel laureates.
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Argentines protest Javier Milei’s deep cuts to tuition-free universities as staff wages plunge and funding law stalls.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo University students and teachers protest against Javier Milei's government funding cuts to the public university system, in Buenos Aires, Argentina [Luis Robayo/AFP]By AFP, AP and Reuters Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026Tens of thousands of Argentines have taken to the streets in cities across the country to protest funding cuts by Javier Milei’s government to the public university system.
Huge crowds in central Buenos Aires marched towards the presidential palace on Tuesday to denounce budget shortfalls that they say are undermining the foundations of higher education.