Costa Rica to benefit from new highway, border crossing with Nicaragua
Email this page July 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A new, 160-kilometer highway between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, which will create a new border crossing, will benefit Costa Rica in several ways,…
Nicaragua Canal plans raise concerns
Email this page Luis Carlos Lopez / VOXXI Despite assurances made by the Chinese businessman that the project to build a canal in Nicaragua is going to be transparent and…
“We trust China’s word”: Foreign Minister says China’s involvement in Nicaragua Canal protects Costa Rica
Email this page June 21st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo believes that China’s involvement in the proposed Nicaragua Canal – a project that would dwarf the Panama Canal –…
Costa Rica supports Nicaragua Canal plan if national territory not affected
Email this page June 17th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The government of Costa Rica supports Nicaragua’s effort to build a transoceanic canal that would dwarf the Panama Canal, calling it “positive,”…
Nicaragua OKs Chinese-made mega canal that would dwarf Panama
Email this page Simeon Tegel / GlobalPost Nicaragua’s lawmakers have approved a multibillion-dollar plan for a little-known Chinese firm to carve a canal between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans that…
Quakes and aftershocks rocked Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador
Email this page June 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) After an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua on Saturday, both Nicaragua and other Central American…
6.5 earthquake strikes off Nicaragua, scientists say major tsunami unlikely
Email this page MANAGUA, June 15, 2013 (AFP) – A moderate 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Nicaragua on Saturday and rattled nearby cities, but scientists said it was…
In Depth: Latin America: Divided we stand
Email this page United and integrated, the region would be a force to reckon with on the world stage. But does Latin America’s unification reality match up to the rhetoric?…
