BY JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Some cultural time-honored traditions bring a smile and involve photos: that first day of kindergarten, leaving the house for prom night or an engagement proposal. But Mexico has one that only stirs up images of pain and struggle for college students: the writing and approval of a graduation dissertation. The paper is actually called a
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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
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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 MATT SEDDON On Jan. 22, desperate parents of children with cancer demonstrated and caused a significant amount of chaos at Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport. They were fighting for the lifesaving medications their children needed — medications they said they could not obtain. The leader of the protest received a call from a high-level government official, who assured him the
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