THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO (UNAM) CELEBRATES ITS FIRST CENTURY
The largest university in Latin America and one of the best the world has just celebrated its centenary
I've always been interested in the topic of universities. With the forgiveness of readers, perhaps I will say it sounds like a presumption: I know some universities in Latin America and the majority of universities in Peru. Federal University of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), the National University of Chile (Santiago), the University of Havana (Cuba), La Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (San Jose) are colleges that have been lucky and know that I admire for their contributions to science and technology as well as its contributions to economic development and social development of their countries and Latin America (and Caribbean). Of these, by the UNAM (Mexico) I have more admiration not only for its impressive university campus but also for its importance in the world for scientific research and producing of Science, Technology and Innovation for the development of societies and as one of the Universities of Latin America that appears (along with the universities of the countries of Brazil, Argentina and Chile) in the world ranking of best universities in the world and have Mario Molina, Nobel Prize in Science (Chemistry) , not including Octavio Paz, Nobel Prize in Literature and Alfonso Garcia Robles Nobel Prize Peace, famous alumni of the UNAM.
In Peru I have also had the good fortune to meet most of the universities, which likewise I admire. With forgiveness from other universities with equal or more merit, let me mention some of them: San Marcos to which I learn more by being a proud San Marcos and pride, San Agustín de Arequipa, San Antonio Abad del Cuzco, San Cristobal Huamanga, the center of Junin, Huanuco Baldizán Hermilio, University of Cajamarca, Universidad de Trujillo, Agraria de la Selva, et cetera.
The Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is simply extraordinary. Bástese reference only a few facts: "The UNAM has 314 thousand students, 35 thousand academics, three thousand 500 researchers, 2 000 buildings, 139 libraries, 56 thousand computers networked, 18 museums, many other historical sites, a channel TV and radio station, a publishing house thousands of books and hundreds of periodicals, as well as a university town has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Beyond the assets to the institution are taught 85 undergraduate and 40 graduate programs operate with 83 curricula for master's and doctoral programs as well as 34 specialized with 189 orientations. Virtually no area of \u200b\u200buniversal knowledge in which the highest seat of learning has no top-level specialists from medieval studies to nanotechnology, through the legal sciences, dentistry and information. " (Source: www.adital.com.br/site/noticia.asp?lang=ES&cod=51147 ). (In the following picture: the main facade of the City University, Heritage - www.vivirmexico.com )
"UNAM, besides being a most international universities academics in Latin America is also one of the largest and most beautiful and artistic dedication that has been done by considering an indissoluble part of national project. The construction of its main campus south of Mexico City, known as Ciudad Universitaria (CU) was carried out by several of Mexico's best architects of the twentieth century by artists such as Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and Francisco Eppens. In 2007, its central campus was declared a World Heritage by UNESCO Huamanidad. In 2009 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Communications and Humanities. ") Http://www.radiomercosur.com/noticias/)
Inevitably, the UNAM has problems like any other university in Latin America in the case, for example, unemployment (or underemployment) professional. Although no statistics, at least not find-you know that Mexico has, as in all Latin countries, significant occupational unemployment levels, including graduating from UNAM. Speaking in an electronic forum on the 100 years of UNAM, a Mexican says, "We need millions of Mexicans in the university classroom." Wryly, one Mexican replies, "You're right, the City needs a lot of taxi drivers." "You want to compare the UNAM with universities in the Third World? Says another forum participant. Well NO, I want UNAM compare against the best in the world, we need more professionals who drive taxis, we need professionals who generate knowledge, to innovate, to create high added value companies, is it too much to ask to receive UNAM 30% of the entire budget in higher education? ". NOTE: Listen carefully: University science and technology to generate and new businesses (entrepreneurship training). This is the fundamental role of universities. If a university is limited to being professional (and even worse, because there are high levels of professional unemployment) is not a proper university. The university appears to be just in the ranking of the top schools have to take the activity of scientific research as a core activity and can generate priority science, technology and innovation. (Pictured above, Dr. José Narro Robles, Rector of the UNAM) 
The centenary celebrations of the UNAM, Mario Vargas Llosa was honored with the award of degree of Doctor Honoris Causa, by the famous philosopher of philology Noam Chomsky, in a central ceremony led by the rector of the UNAM, Dr. José Narro Robles. Incidentally, in the email address http://www.radiomercosur.com/noticias/ realizes the following: MEXICO - The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), which just celebrated a century of existence, has awarded honorary doctorates to nine Mexicans and seven foreigners. Among the distinguished personalities bright, UNAM awarded the American linguist Noam Chomsky and the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. In a solemn ceremony given in the Palacio de Mineria in Mexico City, the rector of the UNAM, José Narro, acknowledged "the contribution to humanity and their fields of work" of the 16 figures who received the honorary title. About Mario Vargas Llosa, who professed an admiration fantastic publicly demonstrated on several occasions, has put things in place here in Peru, recently directing a categorical Letter to President Alan Garcia in relation to the claim policy of granting waivers of penalties for corrupt Fujimori regime murderers . Important considering the text of the letter I would play it verbatim.
"Paris, 13 September 2010
Hon. HE Dr. Alan Garcia Perez
Mr. President,
I hereby give you my irrevocable resignation to the Commission in charge of the memory location whose presidency did you have to trust me and I accepted well convinced that his government was determined to continue the development of democracy in Peru so damaged by crimes and theft from the dictatorship of Fujimori and Montesinos.
The reason for my resignation is the recent Legislative Decree 1097 which, obviously, is a thinly disguised amnesty to benefit a good number of people linked to the dictatorship and convicted or prosecuted for crimes against human-rights murders , torture and disappearances, including former dictator himself and his right arm. The move has outraged all democratic sectors of the country and international public opinion, as evidenced by the pronouncements of the Rapporteur of the UN, the Human Rights Commission, the Episcopal Conference, the Ombudsman and representatives of various social organizations and policies, including some congressmen APRA. I fully agree with these protests.
There is, in my opinion, an essential incompatibility between, on one hand, sponsoring the erection of a monument to the victims of violence unleashed by the Shining Path terrorism since 1980 and, secondly, open by a legal trick the back door of the prison to those who, in the context of that disastrous rebellion of fans also committed heinous crimes and helped to sow hatred, blood and suffering of Peruvian society.
I do not know what pressures the military sectors that thrived under the dictatorship and not resign themselves to democracy, or what considerations tiny electoral politics have led you to protect an initiative that will only bring discredit their government and to account those who accuse him of secretly agreed in close collaboration with the same Fujimori that he was exiled and persecuted for eight years. In any case, what happened is a real Unfortunately that will resurrect the division and political rancor in the country, especially in a period exceptionally beneficial for the development and during an electoral process that should serve rather to strengthen our law and our democratic traditions.
Although political opponents have been at odds in the past, in the last election I voted for you and I urged Peruvians to do the same to avoid a drift to Peru that we had depleted extremist and deranged. And I've publicly celebrated in Peru and abroad, its healthy correction of ideas, especially economic policy, how good has consequences for the progress and the image of Peru in recent years. Hopefully you have the same value to rectify once again to abolish this nefarious decree and seek allies among Peruvians decent and democratic brought him to power with their votes instead of searching among the heirs of an authoritarian regime that plunged Peru into the ignominy of corruption and crime and continue to plot to resurrect such abjection.
Yours sincerely,
Mario Vargas Llosa
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