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A12 WORLD NEWS
Monday 11 February 2019

Astronomers unlikely victims of Mexico's violence, crime

area and strategies to deal cosmic ray observation fa- ico's highest peak, where
with these risks," he said. cility. The HWAC is an inter- the clear air and lack of
Mexico's astrophysics in- national collaboration be- nearby. The area, around
stitute said in a statement tween more than 30 institu- Puebla state's border with
that "the unsafe conditions tions in Mexico, the United neighboring Veracruz,
that prevail in the region States, and Europe. has long been the scene
are well known and public." Both are located on the of criminal activity by the
The other affected site is Sierra Negra volcano near now-fragmented Zetas
the HAWC gamma ray and the Pico de Orizaba, Mex- drug cartel.q

Doctors demand humanitarian

aid be allowed into Venezuela

In this Nov. 16, 2013 file photo, the Large Millimeter Telescope
stands on the summit of the Sierra Negra peak near the town of they will proceed. Attend-
Atzitzintla, Mexico. ing a church service Sun-
Associated Press
day with his family, he rec-
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As- jointly run by the University ognized that the feud be-
tronomers have become of Massachusetts at Am- tween those who do and
the latest victims of Mexi- herst and Mexico's national do not want the aid to be
co's violence with activities institute of astrophysics. let in could lead to clashes.
at two observatories be- LMT "has reduced its scien- "It depends on you," he
ing reduced because their tific activities to a minimum said to the military. "We're
staff suffered crimes while level due to the security not talking between the
travelling to the remote problems in the region sur- lines. We're talking clearly
mountain sites, researchers rounding the telescope," and decisively, giving an
said Thursday. said university spokesman order to the armed forces:
The problems occurred Ed Blaguszewski. To allow the aid in."
near the Alfonso Serrano "The University of Massa- Venezuelan doctors shout slogans against the government President Nicolas Madu-
Large Millimeter Telescope, chusetts Amherst has sus- of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at the International ro has vowed not to let
or LMT, in the central Mexi- pended travel of UMass Bridge Tienditas, which has been blocked by the Venezuelan the supplies pass, saying
co state of Puebla. It is the personnel to the LMT site, military, near Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, across Venezuela isn't a nation
world's largest single-dish and we have retained se- the border from Tachira, Venezuela. of beggars. He contends
steerable millimeter-wave- curity consultants to advise Associated Press the food, hygiene kits and
length telescope and is us on security risks in the emergency medical gear
CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — the Colombia side of the are part of a larger ploy
Venezuelan doctors pro- border, saying they would by the United States to re-
tested Sunday at the en- face repercussions for hold- move him from power.
trance to a bridge blocked ing a similar demonstration The U.S. provided the aid
by their nation's military to on the Venezuelan side. and the Colombian gov-
demand that humanitarian Dr. Katia Diaz, a psychia- ernment helped ensure its
aid be allowed to enter, trist, said that each day aid transport to the border, but
as opposition leader Juan sits waiting for transport into the opposition is charged
Guaido acknowledged Venezuela represents one with handling the aid's dis-
the conflict over the food more day in which patient tribution within Venezu-
and medical supplies could lives are at risk. ela. They have not yet an-
lead to clashes. "Those containers represent nounced how they plan for
Carrying a giant Venezu- the arrogance of a dicta- the aid to enter if the mili-
elan flag, about two doz- tor," she said. "It lays bare tary does not consent.
en doctors in white coats the lack of humanity, of Guaido declared him-
called on the military to compassion for the pain self Venezuela's interim
remove a tanker and two of our people." Guaido, president before masses
cargo containers blocking the leader of the National of cheering supporters in
the Tienditas International Assembly who four dozen late January, arguing that
Bridge where humanitarian nations are recognizing as under the constitution he
aid provided by the United Venezuela's rightful presi- should become chief of
States is being stored. dent, urged the military to state because Maduro's re-
The doctors protested on think carefully about how election was a sham.q