Ana Rosa Mena, alcaldesa de Tegueste, ha visitado esta mañana la sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, en La Laguna, acompañada de Campbell Warden, secretario ejecutivo del centro; Javier Licandro, coordinador del Área de Investigación; Antonio Díaz Chinea, jefe del departamento de Servicios Informáticos; y José Luis Rasilla, jefe del departamento de Óptica; algunos de ellos, vecinos del municipio.
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