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Argentina’s Economic Crisis Threatens Science
Researchers urge the government to prioritize science and technology—or risk the total collapse of the country’s science infrastructure.
An exchange rate board in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during a day of devaluation. [Getty Images]
Argentina is facing a serious financial crisis that is already forcing a substantial part of the population below the poverty line, and not for the first time. The scientific community is not immune to this situation. The nature of the crisis and the measures taken by President Mauricio Macri’s administration threaten to bring the Argentine scientific system to the brink of collapse.
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