Three years after Mexico announced the development of its own covid-19 vaccine, Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology Director María Elena Álvarez-Buylla revealed that the “Patria” vaccine is finally ready and has been approved for inoculation against covid-19
Read more
De Hoyos’ resume, while far from that of a career politician, speaks for itself
Read more
For 20 years, various groups in Mexico have been seeking a ban on GMOs or transgenics
Read more
OPINION By MARK LORENZANA Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatell has a problem with medical clinics attached to pharmacies. The clinics are a common sight throughout Mexico — and for good reason. They fill a need, especially for patients who want to see a doctor to help treat minor illnesses such as colds or diarrhea, or for a quick check-up.
Read more
By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican government has just created three new trust funds, or “fideicomisos,” despite a decree by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in March of 2020 ordering the “extinction” of 109 trust funds to combat corruption. The beneficiaries of the three new discretionary trust funds created by the executive branch — without going through Congress — are the
Read more
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), through its newly revised code of conduct, has ordered its members and researchers to not publicly criticize the organization without first going through its press office. The new terms will require that researchers “refrain from issuing negative or unfavorable comments or opinions on the agency’s policies or programs.” The
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more