Plans for a major international airport in the Alajuela canton of Orotina have been postponed, Costa Rica’s Public Works and Transport Ministry (MOPT) says.
“We have to forget about the airport in Orotina for a few years and concentrate on the Santamaría,” Transport Minister Rodolfo Méndez said, per La Nación.
The news means Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) near San José will remain Costa Rica’s primary airport for the foreseeable future. Studies conducted before the pandemic indicated SJO can feasibly serve in this role until at least 2040.
“With the pandemic, it is easy to understand that it has more life,” Méndez said. “What we have to see is how we manage the extension of that life, for the user, to meet the demand in the best possible way.”
Less than 300 days after Costa Rica confirmed its first case of COVID-19, the country on Thursday morning began vaccinating citizens and residents against the disease.
Elizabeth Castillo, 91, and Jorge De Ford, 72, became the first two people to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Both are residents of an elderly home in San Ramón de Tres Ríos,
“Even though here, [COVID-19] hasn’t arrived, I feel very thankful to God,” Castillo said. “My life is very important to me. I appreciate all the moments.” Jorge De Ford, 72, receives the coronavirus vaccine on December 24, 2020. via Casa Presidencial.
“That everyone get the vaccine that’s my message,” De Ford said.
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The team led by Chilean architect Cristián Fernández has won the National Architecture and Landscaping Competition for the New Museum of Santiago (NUMU,
Nuevo Museo de Santiago), a cultural project that will house the Fundacion Engel art collection in the Bicentennial Park in Santiago, Chile.
According to the Constructo-led competition, the winning proposal should merge architecture and landscape through a cultural approach. The project should be, at the same time, an architectural icon, a physical platform for contemporary artists, a collaboration space including other cultural institutions, and a place that gathers both the national and international community.
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Lala Closure: Milk will be Purchased by Dos Pinos
As a result of the closure of Grupo Lala s factory in Costa Rica, the 37 thousand liters of milk that 70 local producers sold daily to the company of Mexican origin were left without a buyer, however, Dos Pinos promised to acquire the product.
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 On December 1st Grupo Lala informed that it will close the milk plant that operates in the province of Alajuela. According to the company, the factory will stop operating on December 11th.
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