In Argentina, teachers have launched a 2-day strike that has shut down schools in 17 of Argentina’s 23 provinces amid a dispute about wages and inflation. This is Alejandro Demichelis, with the Confederation of Education Workers.

Alejandro Demichelis: “We want dignified salaries. We want more investment in education. We want them to continue handing out netbooks and books. We want school infrastructure and the creation of new schools. This government promised to create 3,000 early childhood schools, and they haven’t created one. That is what we are demanding today: the social right to education that the state should guarantee.”