A Travessia do Deserto

Just where do they get these ministers from? Don't they know that anything that they say while in office is on the record?

Mário Lino is a shabby, awkward-looking fellow who has done a fairly good job of keeping his mouth shut up to now, but really blew that record with "South of the Tagus River is a desert". On that basis he would never build the new airport there.

Hang on a minute. What does a new airport need? A lot of empty space close to a major city. So shouldn't the "desert" criterion argue in favour of siting the airport there. No! Better to cram the airport between an escarpment and the river, right in the middle of residential and industrial properties.

Looks like another otário to me!