You wont find this story getting much attention from the media but Nicaragua is about to be sliced in half by the $50 billion, 175 mile long canal to be constructed in January. The FSLN-controlled legislative assembly approved the mega-project under a cloud of secrecy in a record seven days. There was no public consultation, no feasibility or environmental studies were presented, and there was no parliamentary debate—a surprising approach given this would be the world’s biggest civil engineering and construction project, traverse the country’s most important fresh water source and destroy protected natural reserves where 22 endangered species live. Time for another revolution Nicaragua?
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 03:50:11 +0000
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