Tag: student protests

• Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 11:55 UTC

  Argentina: College students rise against Libertarian budgetary constraints

  

  Last week's veto by President Javier Milei against the University Finance Bill, which survived a parliamentarian challenge, has nevertheless sparked a nationwide conflict between the Libertarian administration and student groups claiming that the tuition-free higher education that has been a pillar of social mobility in Argentina was at stake. Some outlets even defined the uprising as “Estudiantazo” as some classes were held in the streets as part of the surging protests.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Protests in Hong Kong turn into chaotic street battling with pepper gas and rubber bullets

  

  Hong Kong on Thursday postponed the legislative debate on the controversial extradition Bill for a second day,  after a massive rally that witnessed violent clashes between protesters and the police on Wednesday. “The Legislative Council will not hold a session today to debate the Bill”, said a notice to lawmakers, without elaborating further.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro calls protesting students in the streets, “useful idiots and imbeciles”

  

  Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in cities across Brazil on Wednesday to rally against education spending freezes in the biggest demonstrations yet against President air Bolsonaro, who called marchers “useful idiots and imbeciles.”

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Massive students and teachers protests across 17 of 27 Brazilian states

  

  Students and teachers from hundreds of universities and colleges across Brazil began a nationwide demonstration on Wednesday in “defense of education” following a raft of budget cuts announced by President Jair Bolsonaro's government.