(3 Oct 2024)
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Buenos Aires, Argentina – 2 October 2024
1. National Congress to main square with a demo taquin place on it ++ MUTE ++
2. Crowd of protesters the congress square ++MUTE ++
3. People marching in the streers and National Congress seen behind
4. Crowd slowly marching across an avenue beside the National Congress
5. Students singing
6. Students parading as they sing and play drums
7. Protesters hold posters that reads (Spanish) "All the school staff deserve to be paid more"
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Axel Santos, President of the student center of the Medicine University:
"Today we are here so that everyone in Congress can see our support, see that we are against the veto of the University Budget Law. And if it gets vetoed, we will again support the demands of our teachers and non-teaching staff, because as I say, I repeat, and it is extremely important: without a teacher to give us the class, without a teacher to open the doors of the faculty, the faculty is just a building with walls."
9. Wide of congress and crowd
10. Elias Gonzalez and his classmates from the Techincal School number 2 from Moreno, Buenos Aires:
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish); Elias Gonzalez, student from a Techincal School:
"For example, my grandfather was a construction worker, and for his son to be able to become an engineer and work, it means there is hope. It’s the hope of the poor, the only thing we have left."
12. Arts and cinematography students hold posters and sing
13. Student holding a poster that reads: "I study for not asking advice to a dead dog" (in reference to president Javier Milei’s deceased dog Conan, with who he has a strong affection)
14. Crowds marching
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Camila Silveira, president of the student center of Veterianiarn university:
"What comes next is to keep fighting through sit-ins or vigils. There have already been sit-ins in some faculties, but we will continue doing it, continue marching. If we have to be here for a week, coming every day, we will come every day to ask Congress not to validate this veto either, because Congress has already discussed, voted, and approved the University Budget Law."
16. Crowds in the congress square to the National Congress building
STORYLINE:
Students and professors from Argentina mobilized in the capital Buenos Aires to protest against the president’s threat to veto a budget increase for educational institutions and teachers’ salaries.
The thousands of demonstrators belong to public universities, unions, human rights, social organizations and opposition parties.
The large scale demonstration occurred amid ongoing tensions between the government and public universities, as the president enforces budget cuts as part of his austerity plan, which he claims is the only solution to inflation.
Despite inflation nearing 240% annually in August, the government has maintained the 2023 national budget and unilaterally increased funding in limited areas.
In September, the opposition-controlled Senate passed the University Funding Law, which proposes an increase equivalent to 0.14% of GDP for universities.
However, President Javier Milei announced his intention to veto the law, as it contradicts his austerity strategy.
This was the second significant protest against the far-right president, following one led by students and teachers in April.
The University of Buenos Aires, one of Latin America’s most prestigious institutions, reported that their staff lost nearly half of their salaries to inflation.
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