Leonardo Amarilla, a geneticist with Conicet, struggles to support his family after significant salary cuts imposed by President Javier Milei's austerity measures. To cope, he drives for Uber, leading to exhaustion that hampers his research and teaching. Many scientists face similar challenges, with salaries losing nearly 35% of purchasing power since December 2023. The government has frozen hiring for hundreds of researchers and is implementing cuts across public science institutions. Milei views these institutions as bloated and unnecessary, further threatening the scientific community in Argentina.
Many of Argentina's top scientists are abandoning research or taking on extra work as ride-share drivers, food vendors, tutors or artisans, due to plummeting salaries.
Conicet salaries have lost nearly 35% of their purchasing power since Milei took office, impacting the ability of researchers to conduct their work effectively.
Milei has taken a chainsaw to the funding of public science institutions, viewing them as bloated and unnecessary, leading to the freezing of hiring for researchers.
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