Peasant voices against the canal Project
2016 Noviembre Nicaragua
The interoceanic canal project has never consulted the peasant communities along the route of the channel that will split Nicaragua in two. The government...
Powerful winds are blowing against the Grand Canal
2016 Junio Nicaragua
El Gran Canal Interoceánico de Nicaragua—Nicaragua’s Grand Interoceanic Canal: it has a 19th-century ring to it. At the end of that century,...
What territories will the canal divide and what populations will be displaced?
2015 Julio Nicaragua
The canal route will directly affect ten of the country’s municipalities: Bluefields, Nueva Guinea, San Miguelito, San Carlos, Rivas, Tola, El Castillo,...
The canal and its subprojects will provoke a cultural tragedy
2015 Julio Nicaragua
The huge number of potential environmental impacts that may occur from construction of the Nicaraguan canal and its secondary development projects has...
What the bishops are saying about the canal Project
2015 Abril Nicaragua
2014: “We are extremely concerned”The Grand Interoceanic Canal of Nicaragua project will directly affect three of our jurisdictions and indirectly...
The canal will affect ecosystems, species and even genes
2014 Septiembre Nicaragua
Before talking about the impact the interoceanic canal will have on the environment and biodiversity, we would like to touch on some points that, although...
The interoceanic canal: An ever-present but never realized dream
2014 Julio Nicaragua
In May 2012 President Daniel Ortega announced the intention to construct an interoceanic canal through Nicaragua. He first mentioned it at the Central...
An interoceanic canal is an anachronistic view of development
2014 Abril Nicaragua
Nicaragua is recognized as a country of creative people. Intellectuals of the stature of poets Rubén Darío and Ernesto Cardenal and writers Sergio Ramírez...
Truths about the canal concession all Nicaraguans should know
2014 Enero Nicaragua
My name is Mónica López Baltodano. I am 29 years old. I am a lawyer and notary public with a master’s degree in political studies and am an expert on...