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Argentina’s Lower House Takes Up Milei Vetoes on Hospital and University Funds, Government Plans to Stall Spending

Officials signal they will delay funding if veto overrides pass.

Overview

  • Deputies convened to try to reinstate laws on Garrahan pediatric emergency measures and public university financing as unions, students and health workers mobilize outside Congress.
  • Casa Rosada privately counts the votes as lost and readies administrative tactics to postpone disbursements, citing budget rules such as Article 38, while security sets up barriers without activating an antipicket protocol.
  • Minister Federico Sturzenegger defended the vetoes and urged non‑kirchnerist lawmakers to hold the line, as the opposition also seeks to strike down delegated decrees affecting the Police Federal statute, gender‑affirming care limits for minors, the water institute and other reorganizations.
  • Vote counts remain fluid with uncertainty over full PRO support; the Senate is separately slated to address the ATN redistribution veto on Thursday.
  • In separate public‑safety cases, a Lima bus driver registered only as a fare collector received nine months’ preventive detention after a fatal crash, a Surco municipal gardener died during tree‑pruning near power lines, Carabayllo police probed an explosive attack on a councilor’s car, and Madrid investigators examined regulatory and response lapses after the Vallecas blast that left two dead discovered under rubble.