Chinese-planned canal would displace many in Nicaragua, sparking anger and anxiety
Everything in the path of the proposed trans-oceanic canal in Nicaragua would have to be relocated. Churches. Cemeteries. Stockyards.As many as 28,000 people scattered in villages and towns face the…
Nicaraguan government keeps news media in the dark when it comes to canal project
As international spokesman for the project to build a mammoth canal across Nicaragua, Ronald MacLean saw his job become increasingly untenable.…
“Historic” downpours leave at least six dead, 7,000 homes damaged in Nicaragua
Two weeks of heavy rains have left at least six people dead and more than 7,000 homes damaged in Nicaragua, emergency authorities in the country announced on Sunday.…
Scientists criticize Nicaragua Canal environmental study
Nicaraguans are anxiously waiting for the government to make public a long-anticipated environmental impact report on the $50 billion interoceanic canal project. But while the public waits, some independent scientists…
Nicaragua trains sex workers as judicial facilitators
Nicaragua's Supreme Court has made sex workers official representatives of the government and the judicial system.A pilot group of 18 sex workers have been provided with technical and…
Nicaragua Canal environmental study submitted, details remain hidden
Nicaraguan officials this week received a long-awaited environmental impact assessment of the controversial $50 billion interoceanic canal, checking off a major to-do item for the ambitious Chinese-backed project. Authorities said…
Putin’s “Soviet” ambitions on the march in Latin America
When Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the disintegration of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical disaster of the 20th century, he was perhaps taking the unusual step of…
Chinese not interested in financing Nicaragua Canal: Panama official
Email this page April 14th, 2015 (InsideCostaRica.com) The administrator of the Panama Canal, Jorge Luis Quijano, said Monday that Chinese state builders are wary of becoming involved in the Nicaraguan…
