Argentina | University teachers, Hospital Garrahan workers hold strike against govt.'s vetoes - video Dailymotion

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*In Argentina, universities and workers at the Garrahan Hospital in Buenos Aires are holding a 48-hour strike in protest.  *Governors denounce Milei’s veto on 'Treasury Allocations for Provinces Law'.  teleSUR

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00:00In Argentina, different sectors such as universities and workers from the Garahan Children's Hospital in Buenos Aires

00:06are holding a 48-hour strike in protest against the vetoes of President Javier Millet.

00:13After his protest defeat in the Buenos Aires province elections last Sunday,

00:18the Argentine president decided to reaffirm his economic policy

00:22by vetoing funds to public universities and the Garahan Hospital as well.

00:27On the other hand, the Federation of University of Teachers, FEDUM,

00:32began a 24-hour strike in all educational institutions in the country

00:37after the president vetoed the university funding law as well as the pediatric emergency law last Thursday.

00:45For their part, the Garahan Hospital workers also called for a noise protest at the house facility

00:51and throughout the country in rejection of the government's vetoes.

00:57And in this same context, Argentine governors are denouncing the government's veto

01:07on the Treasury allocation for provinces law.

01:10According to the president, Javier Millet, this law undermines fiscal balance

01:15and distort the fund's emergency purpose, insisting on executive discretion to address federalism's varying needs.

01:22The executive order was forwarded to the Senate for review where lawmakers can override the veto

01:28with a two-thirds majority.

01:30The law is a congressional measure aimed at allocating emergency funds from the Treasury

01:35to all the provinces in the country.

01:37The governors emphasize that the provinces expect concrete answers

01:42and not just pictures for electoral purposes.

Argentina | University teachers, Hospital Garrahan workers hold strike against govt.'s vetoes

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