President Javier Milei has vetoed a law to boost funding for public universities and increase salaries for teaching and non-teaching staff, setting up a fresh confrontation with the opposition and education unions. The Chamber of Deputies had backed the bill with 158 votes in favour but fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential veto. Milei rejected it on the grounds that it would jeopardise the fiscal surplus and increase spending without identifying clear funding sources. University unions have already staged strikes and street blockades in protest and have vowed that more will follow. Milei already vetoed a bill seeking to increase university funding last year and later secured enough votes in the Chamber of Deputies to uphold that decision.