The dream of a Nicaragua Canal starting to crack

According to Nicaraguan media the construction of a Nicaragua Canal, as an alternative to the Panama Canal, will not be able to start before 2015, a year later than originally announced. And Guatemala is now also working on similar plans.
Photo: Maersk Line
Photo: Maersk Line
BY TOMAS KRISTIANSEN

It almost sounds too incredible to be true, and that might just be the case, as the story about major Chinese investor Wang Jing and his plans to build a canal between the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea through Nicaragua has now bumped into its first big obstacle.

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