Brazilian Science Protests
The Brazilian Science Protests started in June of 2016 when scientists started street protests against the April merger of Brazil's Science Ministry with a telecommunications ministry.[1]
On March 30, 2017, Brazilian scientists were left with a 44% cut to the federal science budget.[2] In October of 2017, there were proposals from the government on an additional 15% cut that would go into effect in 2018. Augusto Gadelha, director of the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing, said that if the cut was to be approved, it would mean the “dismantling of everything that was accomplished through dozens of years of investment”.[3] There were many protests against these cuts, the largest being on October 8, 2017. As well as the event in Rio de Janeiro with an attendance of around 900, more than 82,000 people in Brazil signed onto an online petition demanding for the budget cuts to be removed.[4][5]
As well as the protest and petition, members of the scientific community had been to the Brazilian capital of Brasília to send a message to lawmakers that science is crucial, not trivial, to the economy.[5]
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- ↑ "Brazil's scientists start street protests against ministry merger". Nature News. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20071.
- ↑ Angelo, Claudio. "Brazilian scientists reeling as federal funds slashed by nearly half". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2017.21766.
- ↑ "In Brazil, researchers struggle to fend off deepening budget cuts". Science | AAAS. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ↑ "Brazilian scientists protest against research funding cuts". Times Higher Education (THE). 2017-10-08. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kugler, Henrique. "Budget crunch hits Brazilian physics" (PDF). physicsworld.com.
