Spanish cuts widen Europe’s north-south research divide

MADRID, Jan 17: – Amanda Bolanos, a young Spanish scientist, knows she will not be coming home. “Exiled in Cambodia” read the banner the molecular biologist carried at a protest in Madrid against government cutbacks. Back on leave from Phnom Penh, the 30-year-old researcher plans to head for Latin America if her present contract in Cambodia is not renewed. She sees little chance of finding work in Spain.
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