Overview

• President Javier Milei formally issued a second veto of the University Financing Law, citing fiscal imbalance in the Official Gazette, and also vetoed pediatric emergency funding linked to the Garrahan hospital.
• The Chamber of Deputies called a special session for Wednesday, Sept. 17 to attempt to overturn the vetoes, a move that requires two‑thirds of those present to succeed.
• Opposition blocs say they are close to the numbers needed but describe a narrow path that hinges on absences and last‑minute decisions by deputies aligned with provincial governors.
• Students, university authorities, unions and Garrahan personnel confirmed a Marcha Universitaria Federal outside Congress on Wednesday afternoon, with UBA, the CIN and the FUA promoting a message of defending public education.
• University leaders and unions report a severe funding and pay crisis, including roughly 10,000 faculty resignations and steep real salary losses, while the vetoed law sought inflation‑linked operating funds, wage recovery and a path to 1.5% of GDP by 2031.