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Thousands of protesters gathered outside Argentina’s Congress in Buenos Aires to demand that President Javier Milei’s government comply with a law increasing funding for public universities. Demonstrators clashed with riot police, who fired tear gas as some protesters threw stones near the legislature. The disputed law, passed by Congress and later enacted despite Milei’s veto, provides inflation-adjusted pay rises for professors and increased student scholarships. The march was the fifth nationwide university protest since Milei took office in December


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Thousands of protesters gathered outside Argentina’s Congress in Buenos Aires to demand that President Javier Milei’s government comply with a law increasing funding for public universities.

Demonstrators clashed with riot police, who fired tear gas as some protesters threw stones near the legislature.

The disputed law, passed by Congress and later enacted despite Milei’s veto, provides inflation-adjusted pay rises for professors and increased student scholarships.

The march was the fifth nationwide university protest since Milei took office in December
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