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World in Progress: Nicaragua canal protests

Author: A.Mow/ S.Stubager/ H.Seeney May 25, 2016

A Chinese company is set to construct a canal across Nicaragua which will be three times longer and two times deeper than the Panama canal. Nicaragua's president hopes to boost the economy, but critics are wary of high costs, huge environmental damage and tens of thousands of displaced farmers and indigenous people. Protests continue, and some are ready to defend their land at gunpoint.

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