Honduran Government to Build Palmerola

In the absence of investors, the government will take over construction of the commercial airport at the military base in Palmerola.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Through an executive decree, the Council of Ministers has authorized the Armed Forces to carry out this project.

LaPrensahn.com reported statements of President Manuel Zelaya Rosales: "This is the first step in order to undertake the extraordinary and monumental project that has been awaited in our country for many decades. It is a very important step forward for this construction, which will have an international airport for cargo and passenger flights in the coming months."

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