topic: canal

Nicaragua's Transoceanic Boondoggle
January 8, 2016
Remember Nicaragua’s plans for a grand canal ? A little over a year ago, contractors broke ground on the ambitious scheme to construct a...
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Nicaragua's Canal: Unlikelier than Ever
July 11, 2015
Since late December, when preliminary work on a transoceanic canal traversing Nicaragua began, there’s been little cause for optimism...
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Nicaragua's Canal to Nowhere?
January 7, 2015
Since the days of William Walker , Nicaragua has suffered routine plunder by thieves, near and far. Americans—mercenaries and businessmen—...