Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport - Liberia, Costa Rica
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Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, formerly known as Liberia International Airport, is one of the four international airports in Costa Rica.
Waymark Code: WM94CE
Location: Costa Rica
Date Posted: 06/27/2010
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The Airport:
The Airport is named after Porfirio Ricardo José Luis Daniel Oduber Quirós (1921 - 1991) The Airport services the northwestern portion of the country and is located on the outskirts of Liberia, Costa Rica. The folowing was taken from the airports website:
"The Daniel Oduber Quiros International Aiport of Liberia, Costa Rica is offers excellent international connections to the US and Canada, as well as some Europe and South American countries. When last we checked, the departure tax was around $17 US.
New construction and expansion of the Daniel Oduber Quiros International airport mean increasing arrivals via Liberia year after year and put the city and airport on the map in a much bigger way. We hope you take a bit of time at the start or finish of your next trip to Costa Rica relaxing and enjoying the city of Liberia.
The airport code is "LIR" and the local time is GMT +6.0 (central). We have a list of airlines with operations in Liberia.
Excellent private, bus, taxis, and car rental ground services readily available, see our transportation page for more details. Also nearby are city and beach hotels."
Airport link
The Person:
The following discussion about President Quirós was excerpted from The History Channel website, http://www.history.com/topics/daniel-oduber-quiros (accessed Jun 30, 2010).
"Daniel Oduber Quirós (born Aug. 25, 1921, San José, Costa Rica—died Oct. 13, 1991, San José) president of Costa Rica (1974–78), member of the founding junta of its Second Republic (1948), and a founder of the National Liberation Party (PLN).
Oduber worked his way through law school in San José and then opened a law firm there. Later he studied at McGill University in Montreal and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He served as Costa Rica's minister of foreign relations in 1962–64, cultivating good relations with the United States. In 1966 Oduber was narrowly defeated in his bid for the presidency by the moderate conservative José Joaquín Trejos. Oduber became president of the PLN in 1970 and was president of the Legislative Assembly in 1970–73. In the latter role he successfully promoted reforms in social welfare, electoral and banking regulations, and education.
Elected president in 1974 in the midst of economic difficulties, he took measures to restore the economy by reducing inflation and improving the balance of trade. He continued to expand social-welfare programs, instituted a land-reform policy, and championed environmental-protection measures. Oduber restored legal status to the Communist Party in 1975 and in 1977 reopened diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Following his presidency, Oduber served as a member of the Inter-American Dialogue, an organization of citizens from the United States, Canada, and Latin America dedicated to discussing issues affecting the future of the Western Hemisphere."