Protesters clash with police officers during a demonstration against government budget-slashing in Buenos Aires. (EPA Images pic)BUENOS AIRES: Argentine demonstrators clashed with police on Thursday at a major protest in Buenos Aires over budget-slashing in president Javier Milei's higher education spending.
The main demonstration outside parliament by thousands of university students and staff, trade unionists and opposition activists remained peaceful.
But dozens of mostly hooded demonstrators who broke away from the crowd lobbed stones and other projectiles at the police, who responded with tear gas and water cannons.
"Let's occupy the streets, like in France!" a placard waved by one young female demonstrator urged, referring to the ongoing mass protests in that country for better classroom conditions.
