Plans are afoot once again to build a canal through Nicaragua, providing a shortcut ... In this gallery we take a look at several maps from earlier times when a Nicaraguan canal seemed possible ...

Nicaragua has announced plans to build a waterway linking the Pacific and Atlantic that would carry bigger ships than the existing Panama Canal. President Enrique Bolanos said the new route - which ...

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The proposed canal would pass through Lake Nicaragua, Central America’s largest lake, and will be between 230 meters and 520 meters (755 feet to 1,706 feet) wide and 27.6 meters (90 feet ...

Environmentalists have expressed concerns about the plans to build a canal to rival that of Panama. Nicaragua says it will break ground on the $40bn (£23bn) project this year. Engineers for the ...

Nicaragua plans to begin building access roads and highways on Monday near the country’s Pacific coast as it starts work on a $50 billion inter-oceanic canal meant to rival Panama’s century ...