CARACAS, Friday November 25, 2005 | Update
Venezuelan airline Conviasa and Argentinean carrier Aeroregional
entered into an agreement to establish Caracas-Buenos Aires
route, and some other destinies in Latin America, named after
Che Guevara, with prices below 20 percent of market average
tariffs.
An additional, salient issue in the letter of intent is transportation
of equipment and passengers from the South to Caracas as part
of Miracle mission, a Venezuelan government health care initiative,
according to a press release from the Tourism Ministry.
Previously, Conviasa entered into a similar agreement with
Uruguayan airline Pluna. "We are working on integration of
Southern airlines. We have held talks with Pluna and now with
Aeroregional, i.e., we are paving the way for future integration
with a view to consolidating a large Southern airline to be
called Aerosur," Tourism Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo commented.
04:20 PM. Western Hemisphere. Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said on Tuesday that governments should ensure citizens' rights to live on the border, in reference to a political and diplomatic crisis with Venezuela and its effects on border residents.