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Mexican president abandons plans to build airport in Texcoco

Mexico City, Mexico - Farmers violently opposed the building of the new capital city airport

The Mexican Government has abandoned plans to build a new international airport on farmland near the capital, Mexico City, after months of often violent protests by farmers. The government said it was studying alternative locations and would revoke the land expropriation orders for the Texcoco site, on the eastern outskirts of the city. The USD 2.3bn airport - the largest public project announced...

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Rome, Italy, 08/02/2002 14:32
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