Students and staff at the University of Buenos Aires are occupying a campus building to protest President Javier Milei’s spending cuts. A judge has fined the government for failing to fund universities as street protests turned violent.
01Summary
- 01Students at the University of Buenos Aires called an assembly and announced a one-day occupation of the Exact and Natural Sciences building.
- 02Protesters say Milei’s austerity has driven professors out of public universities as salaries no longer cover basic needs.
- 03Last year, Congress approved a law to boost public university funding, but Milei’s government has refused to implement it.
- 04A federal judge is fining the government 100,000 pesos a day for failing to carry out parts of the financing law.
- 05Thursday’s protest in Buenos Aires turned violent, with police using tear gas and rubber bullets and at least 25 people detained.
02Why it matters
The dispute affects Argentina’s public universities, where staff pay, research funding and student scholarships are under pressure. It also shows how Milei’s austerity programme is fuelling wider unrest and legal confrontation.
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