Hundreds of thousands of Argentines in the streets: Citizens defend free education

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Tens of thousands of people protested yesterday in Argentina against funding cuts to public universities. Students, professors, union representatives and opposition politicians took to the streets of Buenos Aires and other cities across the South American country to protest the austerity measures of ultra-liberal President Javier Miley, who takes power in 2023.

In Buenos Aires, protesters gathered in the square in front of the presidential palace, reports HINA.

Tens of thousands of Argentines marched through downtown Buenos Aires and major cities across the country to demand that President Javier Milei reverse cuts to the budget for public universities pic.twitter.com/FeiTXvKPHQ
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“Without education there is no future,” read the banners carried by the protesters. Organizers said that around 600,000 people took part in the capital, and 1.5 million across the country, Clarín newspaper reported.

The newspaper La Nación, however, estimated the number of protesters in Buenos Aires at around 120,000. The protests demanded the implementation of the state university funding law, which Congress had already passed. Studying at public universities in Argentina is free.

Large crowds marched across Argentina’s major cities to demand that President Javier Milei comply with a university funding law, and reverse sweeping budget cuts to the country’s tuition-free public university system. pic.twitter.com/VvwzY9SVel
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The government filed an objection against the law, claiming that it did not specify the sources from which the planned funds would be secured. Instead, it calls for greater transparency and efficiency in spending. The case is now being decided by the Supreme Court.

(Vijesti.ba)

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