Argentines protest Javier Milei’s deep cuts to tuition-free universities as staff wages plunge and funding law stalls. University students and teachers protest against Javier Milei's government funding cuts to the public university system, in Buenos Aires, Argentina [Luis Robayo/AFP] Tens of thousands of Argentines have taken to the streets in cities across the country to protest funding cuts by Javier Milei’s government to the public university system. Huge crowds in central Buenos Aires marched towards the presidential palace on Tuesday to denounce budget shortfalls that they say are undermining the foundations of higher education. Argentina’s public universities have been tuition-free since 1949 and have produced five Nobel laureates. Congress approved a law last year to finance universities’ operating costs and increase academic salaries in line with soaring inflation. The government, however, has refused to implement it and is challenging the legislation in court.…