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Students demand university funding law compliance
Students and lecturers protest as Milei government ignores university funding law.
In brief
Students and lecturers protest as Milei government ignores university funding law. Students and lecturers demand immediate implementation of university funding law after government ignores inflation-linked salary adjustments. Originally reported by Buenos Aires Times.
Fifth federal march
Thousands of students and lecturers marched across Argentina demanding President Milei’s government comply with university funding law.
University funding law
The law requires inflation-linked salary adjustments for lecturers since December 2023 and restores student grants and university operations funding.
Funding shortfall
University funding fell 40.5 percent in real terms in the first half of 2024 compared to 2023, according to UBA research.
Lecturers’ debt
Lecturers face a 32 percent salary debt to the government despite court orders to implement the law.
Salary disparity
A junior lecturer’s gross salary dropped from 741,111 pesos to 561,659 pesos under the law’s implementation.
Government stance
Milei claims the law does not specify funding mechanisms, breaching fiscal balance goals.
Demonstration
Thousands gathered near Congress with banners demanding ‘Milei, comply with the law’ and ‘Public universities are a right, not a privilege.’
“Milei, comply with the law”
Union demands
Unions call for immediate implementation of the law, salary increases, higher student grants, and increased university budgets.
Strikes and protests
State workers staged a 24-hour strike to pressure the government to repeal Milei’s rural land sale decree.
What matters most
Students and lecturers demand immediate implementation of university funding law after government ignores inflation-linked salary adjustments.
