Leaders of Argentina’s public universities have called a new nationwide protest to demand that the government enforce a university funding law. The announcement followed a court ruling ordering the law’s immediate application.
The rectors announced the march during a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Inter-University Council (CIN), which rain forced to move to the Cabildo in Buenos Aires. CIN president Franco Bartolacci said the university community would press for compliance with the law and defend democratic institutions.
Federal judge Martín Cormick ruled the previous day that part of Decree No. 759/2025 was unconstitutional. That section had suspended implementation of the funding law. La Nación reported that the court ordered the law to be applied immediately and said the government had used a mechanism outside the Constitution’s veto process.
University leaders also criticized the government’s proposed 2027 budget. The civil society group ACIJ calculated that planned funding would be about 24.9% below the 2023 level in real terms. Rectors estimate that 11 trillion pesos would be needed to comply with the law, while the proposal provides about 7.3 trillion.
Congress approved the law in August 2025, after which President Javier Milei vetoed it. Both chambers overrode the veto, but litigation over implementation continued. Rectors said university unions and student groups would join the Oct. 15 march.