CARACAS AIRPORT EXPROPRIATION POSES CONCERN FOR VENEZUELA PRIVATE AIRPORT SECTOR
August 1st, 2007
BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas
THE OSCAR Machado Zuloaga Airport (SVCS), (NOTE - SPELLING IS CORRECT) also known as the Caracas Airport, sits on a mesa (flat-topped hill) in Charallave, a 45-minute drive from Venezuela's capital of Caracas. The privately owned airport, flanked by manicured boulevards, provides a tranquil home for about 500 small planes. In recent months, however, it has become contested territory.
On January 31, 2007, Diosdado Cabello Rondon - the governor of Miranda state, in which the Caracas Airport is located - published decree No. 0142 in the ...
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