Argentina's Milei faces biggest protest yet as students march over budget cuts

Argentine university students, unions, and social groups march to Casa Rosada government house to protest against President Javier Milei's "chainsaw" cuts on public education, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Martin Villar

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities, the biggest protest yet against President Javier Milei's painful austerity measures.

The demonstrations are the latest example of rising tension over spending cuts that are helping undo a deep fiscal deficit but causing hardship in the real economy.