Milei government appeals to Supreme Court to avoid applying university funding law
News from Latin America and Mercosur [Unofficial]
April 17, 2026
Argentina's government filed an extraordinary federal appeal with the Supreme Court on Thursday to avoid complying with the University Funding Law (27.795), which requires it to update faculty salaries and scholarship programs at national universities. The Executive argued that complying with the law would consume 90.3% of available primary spending credits and cause “a significant paralysis of the functioning of all three branches of government.”
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