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Argentina: thousands of students protest Milei's education cuts

Students and university staff took to the streets in Buenos Aires against President Javier Milei's austerity measures. The wave of protests began in France.

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Symbolic image: the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires

Symbolic image · Photo: Preyes / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)

Thousands of students and university workers marched in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires against cuts to education, Democracy Now reported on Friday. The protest is aimed at the austerity policies of President Javier Milei. The report did not include official turnout figures or details of any incidents.

The demonstrations are part of a student-led wave of protests. According to the report, it began in France and has since spread to Greece and Albania. In Albania, protesters clashed with police in Tirana for a third consecutive day.

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