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<p class="ve-ce-paragraphNode ve-ce-branchNode">The '''University of Havana Strike''' was a [[Student Strike|student strike]] in Havana, [[Cuba]], [[Timeline of Anarchism in the Caribbean|1892]] in protest of cuts to university funding.</p>
==Background==
<p class="ve-ce-paragraphNode ve-ce-branchNode">The strike began after the announcement of the Robledo Decree, which [[Austerity|cut government funding]] for university. This caused university workers to be fired, a reduction in wages for the rest of them and the cutting of PhD programs.<ref name=":0">Global Nonviolent Action Database: "[https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/students-university-havana-strike-restore-doctoral-degrees-1892 Students at the University of Havana Strike to Restore Doctoral Degrees 1892]"</ref></p>
==Events==
<p class="ve-ce-paragraphNode ve-ce-branchNode">Students stopped attending classes for seven weeks and posted notes expressing their frustration all over the universities walls.<ref name=":0" /></p>
==Results==
<p class="ve-ce-paragraphNode ve-ce-branchNode">The strike resulted in the reversing of the Robledo Decree, increasing funding for universities.<ref name=":0" /></p>
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