Argentine demonstration over education cuts ends in clashes

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Thousands of students, university staff, union members, and opposition activists demonstrated in Buenos Aires against President Javier Milei's higher-education spending cuts. While the main rally remained peaceful, breakaway demonstrators clashed with police, who used tear gas and water cannons.

Argentine demonstrators clashed with police on Thursday at a major protest in Buenos Aires over budget-slashing President Javier Milei's higher education spending. The main demonstration outside parliament by thousands of university students and staff, trade unionists and opposition activists remained peaceful. But dozens of mostly hooded demonstrators who broke away from the crowd lobbed stones and other projectiles at the police, who responded with tear gas and water cannons.