FAP, April 24 (editor Ma Lan) hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday to hold anti-government demonstrations against budget cuts in public universities, which have so far targeted President Mile's austerity measures.Tekota601The biggest protest in the world.

Earlier, Ricardo Gelpi, president of the country's best-known university of Buenos Aires, warned that the university may have to close within three months unless the government allocates funds.

The demonstration is the latest example of social tensions in Argentina caused by Mile's cuts in government spending.

On the one hand, cutting the government budget will help eliminate Argentina's serious fiscal deficit. On Monday, Mile announced that the Argentine government had a quarterly budget surplus in the first quarter, a historic achievement because it was the first time since 2008. On the other hand, drastic austerity has created difficulties for Argentina's real economy.

Only with regard to the core issue of the protest-public education spending, Mile's "electric saw" budget cuts have a direct impact on the normal operation of Argentina's public universities. These universities provide free undergraduate education and therefore rely heavily on government funding.

Argentine presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni told the demonstration that education is one of the basic pillars of Argentine social ideology and that the government has no intention of closing universities. He defended the government's position and called for a peaceful rally.

Collective anger

The Mile government plans to maintain the same level of university funding as in 2023, but given that Argentina's current inflation is 300% and energy costs have risen by nearly 500%, this is far from enough for universities to cover normal expenses.

Last week, the hall of the University of Buenos Aires was dark, elevators froze and air conditioners in some buildings stopped working. With public universities unable to pay for electricity, professors teach 200 people without microphones and projectors.

Valeria A ó n, a professor of literature at the University of Buenos Aires, said it was an unimaginable crisis and that she felt very sorry for herself and her students as a professor and researcher.

The Argentine government said on Monday night that it would allocate about $24.5 million to pay for the maintenance of public universities and another $12 million for the operation of medical centers. But university institutions say they have not yet received the money, and the money is only a drop in the bucket.

Matt í as Ruiz, finance minister at the University of Budapest, points out that faculty income has fallen by more than 35 per cent in the past four months. Employees earn as little as $150 a month, and professors take care of multiple jobs just to get by.

Since Milai came to power, there have been many large-scale demonstrations in Argentina. Earlier, the Argentine government cut subsidies for transport fuel and energy, which cost wage earners 1/5 of their purchasing power. Subsequently, Mile laid off a large number of government employees, which led to the great dissatisfaction of Argentine trade unions.