April 27, 2007

Argentina Tries to Lure Academics Back Home

By MIKE CEASER

Argentina is expanding policies that it hopes will both encourage expatriate researchers to return and allow the country to take advantage of the expertise of those who remain abroad.

A nation with a rich intellectual tradition but a turbulent recent history, Argentina has lost many scholars and researchers in recent decades.

Hundreds fled after the 1966 "night of the long canes," when police violently dislodged students and university employees who had occupied buildings at the

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