Nicaragua Network

The Nicaragua Network has received a new article from the Wales Solidarity group on the inter-oceanic canal proposal which lays out the pros and cons of the project.  Read on!

The world has suddenly woken up to a new story about Nicaragua – the inter-oceanic canal. Anyone who knows the history of Nicaragua will know that the country was in the frame to be the original crossing for the isthmus. That it eventually ended up in Panama had much to do with the geo-politics of the time – and what the United States decided was in its best interests. Throughout the following century, a second canal has been proposed, usually through Nicaragua, sometimes through Mexico. It also has undergone many different permutations – a canal, pure and simple; a canal to Lake Nicaragua, and then make use of a natural waterway; or a ‘dry canal’, Pacific and Atlantic ports connected by a railway. Or, indeed, various combinations of the three.

To read more, click here: https://walesnicaragua.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/mega-mega-mega-project/