Supreme Court orders Milei government to fund universities

The Supreme Court has upheld an injunction requiring the government of Argentina's President Javier Milei to comply with the University Financing Law, dealing a significant setback to the administration's efforts to block the measure. The ruling, handed down on Thursday, rejected an extraordinary appeal lodged by the government against the implementation of the law, according to court documents. The decision means the government must update university lecturers' salaries retroactively to December 2023 and restore funding linked to student scholarships that had been discontinued. Congress approved the legislation in August last year. Milei vetoed the bill, arguing that it threatened his fiscal balance targets, but lawmakers later overrode the veto.

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