Tens of thousands of students and faculty members took to the streets in Argentina to express their outrage over President Javier Milei's drastic plans to dismantle the country's tuition-free university system. As part of a broader austerity push, Milei's government has proposed deep cuts to public funding for universities, sparking widespread concerns about the future of higher education in the country. Meanwhile, the government's decision to freeze staff wages has added fuel to the fire, with many academics and staff members feeling their livelihoods are under threat. The protests come as a key funding law stalls in Congress, leaving the future of Argentina's university system hanging in the balance.
Argentines protest Javier Milei’s deep cuts to tuition-free universities as staff wages plunge and funding law stalls.
