Police clashes mark Argentine protests over university funding

Thousands demonstrated across Argentina Thursday demanding Javier Milei's government implement a university financing law, with clashes outside Congress leaving dozens detained.

• Security forces used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters outside Congress, and at least 25 people were detained and several police officers injured.
• The march was the fifth federal university demonstration pushing for a 2025 financing law, passed over a veto, that the government has refused to apply.
• A federal judge has begun fining the government 100,000 pesos (about $70) a day for failing to implement parts of the financing law.
• Students occupied a University of Buenos Aires science building for a day, with student Emiliano Gato saying professors are leaving for private universities over low salaries.