Argentina protests: Students rally against Milei’s university funding cuts

Once again, thousands of people to protest against President Javier Milei's economic plan. There's students, professors from public universities, but also members of labor unions, organizations that have come right here to protest against the spending cuts that the government has implemented. It was meant to be a peaceful protest, but the calm did not last long. Some students tried to break through the metal barriers surrounding Congress and police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Agustin Romero says he's hoping opposition lawmakers will be able to block some of the government's legislation. Millet's austerity plan is being felt everywhere. Spending cuts in education, access to disability pension, the looting of our territories and the deregulation of the economy. The confrontations lasted for hours. Protesters demand the government implements a public university funding law that was voted by Congress and vetoed by the president. Congress was able to overturn the veto. Javier Milei came to power promising to transform Argentina's economy and is implementing one of the harshest austerity plans in Argentina's history. The main objective was to reduce inflation. The president says his plan is going well. Argentina is growing at a remarkable pace. We have now recorded 27 consecutive months of sustained growth, and today the country is expanding at four times its historical rate. This growth is being felt across almost every sector of the economy. But not everyone agrees. Public universities in Argentina have become a major battleground over President Javier Milei's austerity plan in this country. students but also professors are protesting the lack of funding but also the erosion of salaries that they say is a major threat for this country's public education students in Buenos Aires have been holding assemblies and strikes for the government to implement the law we see our friends have to stop studying because the scholarships are not enough and they have to to go and work, and professors leaving public universities because the salaries are a joke. All we are asking is for a law that was approved by Congress. And this is why thousands say they will continue protesting and are prepared to raise the stakes. They accuse Milei's government of protecting the interests of a privileged few, while asking the rest of the country to bear the cost of his economic plan. Teresa Bo, Al Jazeera, Buenos Aires.