AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoEducation: Chilean university rectors are warning that proposed 2027 budget cuts would reduce baseline university funding by 12.4% and science research funding by a quarter, putting student training and research at risk. Youth Protests: Anti-austerity demonstrations are spreading internationally, with Chile among the countries seeing protests; students have also marched against cuts to education. Rapa Nui: A new genetics study points to close ancestral ties between Rapa Nui and Native Hawaiians, suggesting the same Polynesian voyaging groups may have settled both island communities. Arts & Culture: Chilean poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña reflects on exile after the Pinochet coup, while a photo-only book titled Coirón is drawing notice as one of the year’s most distinctive releases. Music: An 80-year-old Chilean market trader has become a music star, bringing an unexpected new chapter to a life in the market.
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