Overview
- This week students at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini voted in assemblies to start indefinite occupations to demand full application of the University Financing Law.
- Student assemblies will meet daily to decide whether to continue the tomas, participation is voluntary, and organizers are running open support classes in nearby plazas to limit disruption to learning.
- The Financing Law was passed in October 2025 but key articles on automatic budget updates and salary recomposition are suspended after the national government appealed court orders and elevated the dispute toward the Supreme Court.
- University teacher unions, led by Fedun with backing from CONADU groups, have scheduled coordinated strike actions including a 24‑hour national stoppage this Friday as unions press for reopened wage talks and recomposition.
- Coverage of the occupations has become politically charged, with televised confrontations highlighting polarization, and students warn the judicial delay could take years which they say justifies continued protest and pressure on lawmakers.