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It's NOT just Here in Amerika: 'Scienticide' in Argentina sparks huge protest
“Without science there is no future”
More than 1,000 scientists took to the streets yesterday in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina wearing gas masks like those in the Argentine Netflix series ‘The Eternaut’. Playing on the post-apocalyptic television show’s theme — that oppression can be overcome by unity — they protested the collapse of science, or ‘scienticide’ in the country, which they say was initiated by the administration of President Javier Milei.
Since Milei took office in late 2023, he has made massive cuts to government spending, in part to reduce the country’s deficit and bring down inflation. As a consequence, many scientific activities in Argentina have ground to a halt for lack of payment, about 1,300 employees in the science sector have been laid off and researchers have left for jobs abroad owing to low salaries.
Research funding has completely stopped, Fernando Stefani, a physicist at the University of Buenos Aires who marched at the protest, told Nature. “It hasn’t been fulfilled in any way — zero"...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01688-7
Unfortunately, the article is pay-walled; but you can read pretty far before hitting the free-to-read limit.
Since Milei took office in late 2023, he has made massive cuts to government spending, in part to reduce the country’s deficit and bring down inflation. As a consequence, many scientific activities in Argentina have ground to a halt for lack of payment, about 1,300 employees in the science sector have been laid off and researchers have left for jobs abroad owing to low salaries.
Research funding has completely stopped, Fernando Stefani, a physicist at the University of Buenos Aires who marched at the protest, told Nature. “It hasn’t been fulfilled in any way — zero"...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01688-7
Unfortunately, the article is pay-walled; but you can read pretty far before hitting the free-to-read limit.
You may recall Javier Milei as the ultrarightwing TV pundit who was waving a chainsaw around at his rallys. Gosh, this reminds me some things in our nation—just cannot put my finger on what exactly?