Social tension is rising in Argentina. After a demonstration of retirees repressed by the police in front of Congress on Wednesday, this Thursday was a national strike day in public universities. Their budget has not been updated since last year, despite an annual inflation of 263%. And the first victims of this budgetary asphyxiation are the teachers.
With our correspondent in Buenos Aires, Theo Consciousness
This is already the third time that public university staff have gone on strike since the start of the second semester a month ago. The University of Buenos Aires, where Rocío Salgueiro teaches, has declared itself in a state of salary emergency: ” We are mainly asking for a revaluation, because our salaries have lost a lot in the face of inflation. The majority of teachers live below the poverty line at present. »
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According to the National Interuniversity Council, teachers have lost a third of their purchasing power to inflation since Javier Milei came to power, and 85% of them receive a salary below the poverty line.
- RFI
