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Montevideo, April 18th 2026 - 01:18 UTC

Tag: University of Buenos Aires

  • Friday, April 17th 2026 - 21:55 UTC

    Milei government appeals to Supreme Court to avoid applying university funding law

    The university conflict has been one of Milei's most politically costly fronts in 2024 and 2025, with massive student and union marches

    Argentina's government filed an extraordinary federal appeal with the Supreme Court on Thursday to avoid complying with the University Funding Law (27.795), which requires it to update faculty salaries and scholarship programs at national universities. The Executive argued that complying with the law would consume 90.3% of available primary spending credits and cause “a significant paralysis of the functioning of all three branches of government.”

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