Nicaragua OKs massive canal projectWang Jing wins concession to build canal across Central America; economics of project not determined; environmentalists concerned Luis Manuel Galeano & Michael Weissenstein Associated Press
In a matter of weeks, a little-known Chinese tycoon has hired some of the world’s top experts in mammoth infrastructure projects and pushed through Nicaragua’s congress a bill granting him the exclusive right to develop a multibillion-dollar rival to the Panama Canal.
Now, the real work begins.
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