<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Panama says canal work suspended, company denies</title> <atom:link href="https://insidecostarica.com/2014/02/06/panama-says-canal-work-suspended-company-denies/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2014/02/06/panama-says-canal-work-suspended-company-denies/</link> <description>Costa Rica&#039;s Leading English Language News Source</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2</generator> <item><title>By: K Schnelle</title><link>https://insidecostarica.com/2014/02/06/panama-says-canal-work-suspended-company-denies/#comment-6859</link> <dc:creator>K Schnelle</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://insidecostarica.com/?p=13546#comment-6859</guid> <description><![CDATA[sounds like spain (kissin&#039; cousin to france who screwed up the original project 130 years ago) didn&#039;t do their OWN due diligence, low bidded the project (by $1 billion to the next bidder are you kidding me??? what a red flag that should have been) and secretively thought they could get by with inferior work, concrete, quality, you name it, but when their cards got exposed (low bidder) they ran screaming bloody murder against panama, as if they (GUPC) are the world&#039;s galvanized constructor of the project.  give me a frikin break.  If GUPC couldn&#039;t figure out the geographical strata from 100 year-old data on the books, then shame on them for posing as if they could do the project.  appears GUPC is caught with their pants down in the &quot;he said she said&quot; game.  panama needs to stand up with a big stick and shout this one out.  unless someone has more solid info to refute this stance, looks to me like game over for GUPC and panama needs to get the next in line to complete the project.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sounds like spain (kissin&#8217; cousin to france who screwed up the original project 130 years ago) didn&#8217;t do their OWN due diligence, low bidded the project (by $1 billion to the next bidder are you kidding me??? what a red flag that should have been) and secretively thought they could get by with inferior work, concrete, quality, you name it, but when their cards got exposed (low bidder) they ran screaming bloody murder against panama, as if they (GUPC) are the world&#8217;s galvanized constructor of the project.  give me a frikin break.  If GUPC couldn&#8217;t figure out the geographical strata from 100 year-old data on the books, then shame on them for posing as if they could do the project.  appears GUPC is caught with their pants down in the &#8220;he said she said&#8221; game.  panama needs to stand up with a big stick and shout this one out.  unless someone has more solid info to refute this stance, looks to me like game over for GUPC and panama needs to get the next in line to complete the project.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>