President Hipolito Mejia, accompanied by First Lady Rosa Gomez de Mejia, cut the symbolic ribbon to open the Plaza Lama 27 de Febrero flagship store. Their hosts were storeowners Mario Lama and Elsa Haché de Lama. The supermarket-appliances-clothing and footwear complex has 20,000 square meters, parking space for 1,000 cars, and employs 1,600. The store first opened in 1929.
