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By Al Jazeera
Oct 4, 2024

Defying protesters, Argentina’s Milei shoots down university funding plan

Milei vetoed a law that would guarantee funding for free public universities, angering students and educators.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has followed through on his threat to slash university funding, despite an uproar by students and educators.

Millei officially vetoed a law that would guarantee more funding to Argentina’s university system early on Thursday, according to the government gazette.

The law, which had been approved by Congress, would have granted funding increases to public universities to help offset inflation, which is at close to 240 percent year-on-year.

But Milei, a self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist who has pledged to gut public spending and derided the country’s education system, called the plan “unjustified”.