Argentina Budget Cuts Spark University Student Protests
03 October 2024 | Hindustan Times
Hundreds of thousands of Argentine students protested in the streets on Wednesday against sharp spending cuts at public universities by President Javier Milei's libertarian government.
The protests were organized after the administration threatened to veto a law Congress passed weeks ago to guarantee university funding, as Argentina faces an economic crisis with annual inflation close to 240% and over half of its population in poverty…