1999 UNAM strike In January 1999, Francisco Barnés de Castro, then rector of the UNAM, announced his intention to raise tuition. Attempts to raise tuition since 1948 had failed twice before, most recently in the late 1980s under Rector Jorge Carpizo MacGregor. Barnés proposed a number of reforms, including a tuition raise from about 0.02 dollars to about 150 dollars per academic year. Barnés promised the additional 48 million dollars the university would receive from the tuition increase would be used to fund more research and increase the quality of its facilities; the proposal also included a plan for tuition remission for students
Alejandro Palacios Osorio for a friendly-international match against Senegal. Palacios was named in Mexico's provisional squad for Copa América Centenario but was cut from the final squad. UNAM Pumas Alejandro Palacios Miguel Alejandro Palacios Redorta (born 6 March 1981) is a Mexican football goalkeeper who played for Atlético San Luis in the Ascenso MX. He joined UNAM at the age of 16, and was administered to Puma's youth sub-17 squad, as well as his twin brother Marco Antonio Palacios, a defender. Alejandro Palacios made his first division debut on May 17, 2003. Typically, Palacios has acted as back-up to veteran goalkeeper Sergio