From that sector, they considered that behind the extension was an “ideological decision.”
The National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (Conicet) has estimated that if the 2023 budget is repeated in 2024, the national science and technology system is at risk. “If the budget is not updated, the science and technology system collapses. “The only investment in Argentina is a public investment, and this has allowed Argentina to develop its own diagnostic tools during the pandemic, without relying on other countries.” From the cross section A researcher from Cordoba from that institute.
He added: “For example, the technologies that my team and I use to diagnose equine encephalomyelitis were designed in collaboration with Spain, but with public funds. No other country suffers from this disease because it is almost extinct. So, if we do not have a scientific and technological system responsible for research and development of knowledge for local problems, we will not have another country or company dedicated to this purpose. What I see here is an ideological decision in which the national government does not care about sovereign development in science and technology, because if it were a fiscal adjustment decision, the science and technology budget does not even represent 0.5% of the general budget. From that sector, they considered that behind the extension “there is an ideological decision.”
