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Sao Tome and Principe: New Government Forced to Renegotiate Energy and Airport Deals with Chinese and Turks
Also for the airport modernization project, PATRICE TROVOADA linked with the FB Group. The model of the project, used by the former PM for propaganda mainly on public television, did not have the desired effect. Criticism mounted when it became known that the works did not include the extension of the runway, which is generally considered more important for the country's economy. The current runway does not have capacity for large aircraft. The project required an exponential increase of airport taxes, which generated general opposition and ended up leading to the fall of the government. READ MORE