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The UBA Vice-Rector Denied the Presidential Spokesman's Sayings About the Number of Foreigners in Public Universities

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Adrián Ravier said that 39% of medical students in the UBA are not Argentine. Emiliano Yacobitti went to the crossing and said that such information is wrong and indicated that this year only 6.1% of the students have temporary residence in the country

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Adrián Ravier said that 39% of medical students in the UBA are not Argentine. Emiliano Yacobitti went to the crossing and said that such information is wrong and indicated that this year only 6.1% of the students have temporary residence in the country

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The presidential spokesman, Adrián Ravier, reiterated that 39% of UBA medical students come from other countries to defend the collection of tariffs. Vice-Rector Emiliano Yacobitti responded with official data and questioned that figure.

Following statements by the presidential spokesman, the university disseminated official statistics that show a much lower proportion than that mentioned.

From the UBA, they reported that 28% of the students of the Faculty of Medicine are foreigners. The national administration says that, in reality, it is 39%. The Polemic entry for the number of foreigners in the Faculty of Medicine of the UBA was first published in #BorderPeriodismo.

The vice-rector of the University of Buenos Aires responded to Adrián Ravier, after his controversial remarks during the press conference held in Casa Rosada.

The presidential spokesman, Adrián Ravier, was again involved in a controversy this Tuesday by spreading a false data about the University of Buenos Aires (UBA): he said that up to 40% of the students are foreigners, but, strictly speaking, they only reach 2.5%. “There is a high percentage of students in medical schools that are foreigners,” said the president of La Libertad Avanza La Pampa during his press conference at Casa Rosada. Then, in an…

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Todo Noticias broke the news in Argentina on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.
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