Letter from 68 Nobel Prize winners to Javier Milei: “The Argentine science and technology system is approaching a dangerous precipice”

Laureates in Chemistry, Economics, Medicine and Physics see “not only a dramatic devaluation of Argentine science, but also a devaluation of the Argentine people and of the future of Argentina”

En la carta advierten que el progreso de los países está fuertemente vinculado al desarrollo de la ciencia.Nos preocupa que la dramática devaluación de los presupuestos del Conicet, afirman.

In the text, they warn about 'the destruction of a system that will be very difficult to repair' and list the impact of Argentine knowledge on a global scale.

In a letter addressed this Wednesday (6) to President Javier Milei, 68 Nobel Prize winners state that Argentine science “is approaching a dangerous precipice” and ask that the new president go back in budgetary cuts to educational and research institutions in the country. Read more (03/06/2024)

A través de una carta, un grupo de 68 ganadores del Premios Nobel le advirtieron al presidente Javier Milei por "la eliminación del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, los posibles despidos de empleados administrativos del CONICET y recortes dentro del área".El exministro de Ciencia y Tecnología, Daniel Filmus, compartió el archivo en el que se expresa preocupación por el desfinanciamiento a la ciencia y la tecnología, y el despido de empleados …

Sixty-eight Nobel Prize winners wrote a letter against the management of President Javier Milei, in which they highlighted the global role of the Argentine scientific system and warned of the attack it is being subjected to due to underfunding. The document was sent to the Executive Power and Congress authorities. "We are concerned that the dramatic budget cuts of the Conicet and National Universities reflect not only a dramatic devaluation of A…