Nicaragua’s ‘grand canal’ dream in sight

Posted on: October 25th, 2006
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“Five centuries after Spain’s King Carlos V first thought of cutting a canal through Nicaragua to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the tiny nation has a date in sight for a “Grand Canal” to dwarf Panama’s.

As Panama prepares to widen its congested 92-year-old waterway to squeeze through more of today’s bigger ships, Nicaragua plans to build a bigger, deeper canal by 2019 to cater to the supersized freighters of the future.”

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