By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The ongoing (and scandalous) saga of Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) versus the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt) in the persecution of 31 prestigious scientists and academics for the alleged misuse of use of federal resources has begun to taint the political aspirations of Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the heir apparent of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) on Tuesday, Oct. 5, issued summons to six of the 31 scientists and former officials of the National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt) who are under investigation for alleged acts of organized crime, money laundering, embezzlement and the illicit use of attributions and powers. According to most unbiased
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By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero continues his pursuit to put 31 of the nation’s scientists behind bars, the FGR has emerged with accusations against nine former officials of the National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt) and Consultative, Scientific and Technological Forum (FCCyT) that could land them each up to 82.5
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By KELIN DILLON After Mexico’s Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero, an official widely recognized for the blatant and shameless persecution of his perceived opponents that extends into members of his own family, used his power to launch arrest warrants against 31 scientists that revealed his history of plagiarism to the public, more than 600 academics have rallied in support of
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero was accused of plagiarising paragraphs of his work from others on Wednesday, July 7, taking portions of texts word-for-word, dating back as far as 1939. Gertz reportedly used the verbatim work of five different authors to gain admission to the third level of the National System of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS INE Tells AMLO to Respect Democratic Process Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his bosom buddy Félix Salgado Macedonio just don’t know how to take “no” for an answer. After Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) banned Salgado Macedonio from running for governor of the Pacific state of Guerrero as AMLO’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena)
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt) has announced the nation’s own vaccine, called Patria (or “fatherland), is estimated to be ready by the end of 2021 for administration throughout the country, following the beginning of volunteer-based human trials this month. If the vaccine is deemed successful, it has the opportunity to save Mexico more than
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By KELIN DILLON Over 1,600 researchers from private universities in Mexico are now likely to lose financial grants from the National System of Researchers (SNI) following a suggested reform by the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), directed by María Elena Álvarez-Buylla. The proposal would defund 1,632 private researchers in an effort to expand funds available for public researchers
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While the covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc both on the country’s mostly unprotected population’s health and its severely floundering economy, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is busy this week presenting grandioso shows of pomp and circumstance to commemorate the nation’s 200th independence anniversary. And while nearly 2 million Mexicans have been officially diagnosed with
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico announced Thursday, Jan. 14, that it is working to create a proposal with other nations in the Group of 20 (G20), an international group consisting of 19 countries and the European Union, to limit censorship by private social media companies following U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s controversial removal from several online platforms. Trump found himself without
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