🎥 SOLEDAD AMAYA - CONICET RECLAMA POR EL DESFINANCIAMIENTO DEL SISTEMA CIENTÍFICO

In Catamarca a Diario, we spoke by phone with Soledad Amaya, a graduate in Biological Sciences and a CONICET doctoral fellow at the Regional Center for Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development (CREAS), who addressed the national day of protest called by workers in the scientific system. 🔬 During the interview, Amaya explained that the action aims to highlight the concerns of researchers, fellows, and scientific staff regarding the defunding of the system, a situation that, she indicated, is affecting the development of research projects throughout the country. 📌 Among the main demands, she mentioned the lack of health insurance coverage, layoffs, the freeze on new hires in the scientific career track, and the loss of purchasing power of salaries and scholarships. 🧪 The researcher maintained that science and technology play a strategic role in the country's development and warned that the continuation of this situation could jeopardize the training of new researchers and the sustainability of numerous lines of research. 🤝 She also highlighted that the protest was held simultaneously in different parts of Argentina to raise awareness of the sector's current situation and demand answers from national authorities. 📲 Follow us on our social media: 🔵 Facebook:   / inforamaradio   🟣 Twitch:   / radioinforama   📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radioinfora... 📧 Business inquiries: [email protected] #CatamarcaADiario #SoledadAmaya #CONICET #CREAS #Science #Research #ScientificSystem #Catamarca #Inforama