Haiti renames airport after late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

[Catherina]

Haiti renames airport after late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez


By Associated Press, Thursday, April 18, 7:51 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti is naming an airport in the country’s north after the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an official said Thursday.

Cap-Haitien International Airport will now be called the Hugo Chavez International Airport, said Gary Bodeau, a spokesman for Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.

The airport’s 17,500-foot runway was repaved in October with a loan from the Venezuelan government.

The repair came just in time for the inauguration of an industrial park in the north that is largely financed by the U.S. government.

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Strange, originally it was the main airport in Port-au-Prince that was to be named after Hugo Chavez.

[Judi Lynn]

1. It brings tears to one's eyes. They've got spirit, real spirit, even now.

This is no small matter, since it will only serve to P.O. the US bully department which has been on them with a vengeance except for the years they were brutally ruled by the monster Papa Doc Duvalier, and his nasty, vicious sonny boy.

They are courageous and loyal. They have friends and admirers within so many hearts.