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analysis    • Latin America Analysis: The challenge of training
scientists  In addition to programmes for training abroad, Latin
America needs measures and organisations for the promotion of
science, writes Carla Almeida.  Constant age-old concerns about
training human resources of a sufficiently high standard, and in
sufficient numbers, to meet the demands of competitive science,
are finally beginning to result in more appropriate measures
being taken in Latin America. Some of these measures have even
made headlines in a recent edition of the magazine Science.
• Countries in the region are investing more and more in
training people abroad through grant-awarding programmes.   • In
Brazil, there are concerns about the impact that the costly
Ciencia sin Fronteras could have on education and research,
domestically.   • If the Brazillian scientific community is
encouraged to participate in these programmes, they could serve
as a model for other Latin