Andres Oppenheimer: Nicaragua’s trans-oceanic environmental scandal
Forget about the Deepwater Horizon. If Nicaragua's $50 billion trans-oceanic canal scheduled to start construction December 22 becomes a reality, it could be the world's biggest environmental disaster in recent…
Construction of Nicaragua Canal to begin on December 22nd, officials say
Email this page November 21st, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The construction of a $50 billion USD interoceanic canal through Nicaragua which would dwarf the Panama Canal is set to begin on December…
Nicaragua to “double or triple” dredging of San Juan River in coming months
Email this page November 18th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Nicaragua will spend $4 million USD in the coming months to “double or triple” its dredging operations on the San Juan River, according…
Famed poet, priest, politician calls Nicaraguan Canal a “monstrosity”
Email this page November 3rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The famed Nicaraguan priest, poet and politician, Ernesto Cardenal, described the Nicaraguan Grand Canal, set to break ground in December, as a “monstrosity”…
In Nicaragua, discontent over Grand Canal plan increasing
Email this page By W. Alejandro Sanchez October 27th, 2014 (VOXXI) The Nicaraguan government, with Chinese aid, is about to begin a historic project: the construction of a new inter-oceanic Canal.…
Work on Nicaragua Grand Canal to begin in December, completed in 2019
Email this page September 9th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The construction of the Interoceanic Canal of Nicaragua, also dubbed the “Nicaragua Grand Canal,” will begin in December and be completed by 2019,…
Costa Rica demands environmental studies of planned Nicaragua canal
Email this page July 15th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Government of Costa Rica is demanding assurances that the planned $40 billion “mega canal” in Nicaragua will not affect the flow or…
Nicaragua approves route for $40 billion canal
There are a lot of doubts about whether a proposed canal in Nicaragua will ever be built, but the route of the waterway that would link the Atlantic and Pacific…
