Overview
- Vast marches in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza and Tucumán on Tuesday demanded full funding for public universities, with the University of Buenos Aires estimating 600,000 in the capital.
- Hours before the rally, the administration cut at least 83 billion pesos that its own 2026 budget had set aside for education projects.
- Congress approved a funding law, Milei vetoed it, legislators overrode the veto, and the government has appealed court orders to the Supreme Court.
- Officials labeled the demonstration political and said they covered higher operating costs, a claim unions and protesters reject as far too small.
- Years of reductions have driven about a 40% drop in university funding and roughly a one‑third fall in real pay for professors, and tuition‑free institutions rely on state support for most of their income.