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Buenos Aires, Argentina – 17 September 2025
1. Protesters gathered in Buenos Aires for Argentina university protest with Congress in the background ++MUTE++
2. University students react after Congress approved their bill
3. Various of university students celebrating
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniela Danelinck, university professor in special education:
"We are hopeful. We are happy about today’s vote. We arrived just as the voting was taking place. We hugged the doctors, we cried, but now it has to be implemented and it has to be transformed into real policies. We already know, for example, with the veto of the disability law that they say they (the government) will take to court, that it won’t be put into practice. So it’s a step. We are happy, but no one is giving up here. There’s still a long way to go."
5. Protesters with a painting that resembles General Secretary of the Presidency of Argentina Karina Milei and her brother, President Javier Milei, chantin UPSOUND (Spanish) "Those who don’t jump have voted for Milei."
6. A man holds a placard depicting President Milei and her sister with the writing (Spanish) "she has you in a short leash"
7. Posters of Milei with the US flag
8. Protesters by fence in front of Congress
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Guillermina Valenzuela, 21, university medical student:
"It was what the people wanted, what we students wanted, what the whole society wanted; it was only fair for what we all deserved. At the same time, I was outraged that we had to reach this point with healthcare, with hospitals, with people with disabilities, and it’s a shame in that sense, but at the same time very, very happy and very proud."
10. Protesters marching
11. Protesters from the Law School chanting UPSOUND (Spanish) "The UBA (University of Buenos Aires) must be defended"
12. Protesters chanting UPSOUND (Spanish) "the people don’t change their idea, they fight, fight for education"
13. A protester playing a trumpet
14. Protesters dancing and playing drums
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Emiliano Yacobitti, Vice-Rector of the University of Buenos Aires:
"What we’re seeing at the university today is that professors are slowly decreasing their commitment or changing jobs because their salaries don’t get them through the month. On average, the vast majority of professors at the University of Buenos Aires make less than 400,000 pesos ($270)."
16. A protester in Buenos Aires holding a photo of Juan Domingo Perón next to the Obelisk
17. Various of large crowds during the university protest ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Thousands gathered outside the Argentine Congress celebrated the deputies’ decision on Wednesday to overturn a veto by President Javier Milei to two bills allocating funds to public universities and pediatric hospitals.
The march brought together doctors, residents, students, unions, opposition parties, and people with disabilities and their families, groups that have been heavily punished by the government’s austerity policies.
Milei previously criticized the bills overturned Wednesday in two separate vetoes, saying the Congress approved projects that compromise the government’s resources.
The president argues that neither law specifies where the resources to fulfill what they establish will come from and, therefore, threatens fiscal balance, a pillar of his economic program.
A majority of 181 votes against 60 and one abstention rejected the veto over the health bill. Deputies also overturned the university veto with a majority of 174 supporting the motion and 67 voting against it.
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