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López Obrador Names Márquez Colín as Head of Inegi

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Graciela Márquez Colín, Mexico’s former secretary of economy, will replace Julio Santaella as the head of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) as of Jan. 1, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Wednesday, Dec. 15. Márquez Colín will replace Julio Santaella. “Being the first woman in the head of the Inegi

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Conacyt Proposes Slashing Mexico’s Private Research Funding

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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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