News / Nicaragua Canal route is unveiled – a $50bn threat to expanded Panama

08/07/2014

The Nicaragua government yesterday unveiled the route of its proposed canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic, saying construction could begin this December.

According to a Reuters report from the country’s capital, Managua, the 278km link would begin at the Brito River which connects the Pacific ...

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David Wolfenden
February 26, 2015 at 5:07 pm
The proposed Nicaraguan Canal will reduce shipping costs and fuel consumption,
but hoe will the fauna cross the canal from north to south and vice versa?

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