The $40 Billion Chinese Plan To Build A Waterway Across Nicaragua Sounds...
Nicaragua has approved plans for a mysterious Hong Kong-based company to build an estimated $40 billion canal across the middle of the country, Luis Manuel Galeano and Michael Weissenstein of The...
View ArticleAnd Now Venezuela Has Offered Asylum To Edward Snowden
On the heels of Nicaragua's offer of asylum to National Security Agency leak source Edward Snowden, the president of Venezuela also offered to grant Snowden's request while denouncing the United States...
View ArticleNicaragua Reveals Edward Snowden's Letter Pleading For Asylum
Nicaragua released details of Edward Snowden's asylum request late Saturday, revealing the letter he wrote in full to media outlets, AFP reports."I, Edward Snowden, citizen of the United States, am...
View ArticleNicaragua’s Proposed Canal: A Man, A Plan — And Little Else
NOT since the civil war of the 1980s have so many helicopters been clattering over remote parts of Nicaragua. But now the guys squinting down through the tree canopy are in suits: lawyers and business...
View ArticleHere's The Chinese Businessman Who Wants To Build A $50 Billion Canal Across...
Wang Jing, the enigmatic businessman behind Nicaragua's $50 billion Interoceanic Grand Canal, shrugs off scepticism about how a little-known entrepreneur can be driving a huge transcontinental project,...
View ArticleHow Russia Equips America's Volatile Neighbors
Russia's push into Ukraine has put many on edge. But less known is that Russia is also strengthening its military links south of the Rio Grande and re-establishing itself as a power in the...
View ArticleMeteorite Strikes Nicaraguan Capital, Creates 16-Foot-Deep Crater
A loud boom heard Saturday night by residents of Nicaragua's capital Managua was caused by the impact of small meteorite, government officials confirmed on Sunday.The piece of rock, possibly from an...
View ArticleExperts Don't Think That The Mystery Crater That Appeared In Nicaragua Is...
Nicaraguan officials say a meteorite gouged out a crater near the nation's capital city over the weekend, but scientists aren't so sure.A committee formed by the Nicaraguan government determined that a...
View ArticleHere's Why Nicaragua Is Unbelievably Safe Despite Being Impoverished
Central America, long engulfed by bloodshed and gang warfare, has come to be known as one of the most dangerous regions in the world. Nicaragua, however, is now one of the safest countries in the...
View ArticleNicaragua's Planned $50 Billion Canal Is 'A Gigantic White Elephant'
In June 2013, Nicaragua gave initial approval for what seemed like a ridiculous plan to let a Chinese group build a 173-mile canal across the Latin American country.On Monday, workers broke ground on...
View ArticleNo One Knows Who Will Pay For The $50 Billion Canal Being Built In Nicaragua
MANAGUA (Reuters) - When one of the poorest countries in the Americas and a little-known Chinese businessman said they planned to undertake one of the biggest engineering projects in history, few...
View ArticleRussia is flexing its muscles in Central America
Russia has once again started to flex its muscles in a bid to rebuild its influence in the Central American state of Nicaragua, McClatchy DC reports. Moscow may strike a possible arms deal with...
View ArticleRussia is about to score another victory in Latin America
Nicaragua’s interest in obtaining advanced military weaponry to combat drug trafficking is putting all of the Western Hemisphere on high alert.Officials in Moscow may soon strike a possible arms deal...
View ArticleIt's hard to find anyone who believes China is actually going to build that...
It has been just over two years since Nicaragua approved a Chinese tycoon's $50 billion plan to build a canal that would span across the small country, from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean.The...
View ArticleThe Chinese mogul behind the $40 billion Nicaragua canal lost 85% of his...
Fresh doubts have arisen over a Chinese billionaire’s plan to build a $50bn interoceanic canal through Nicaragua after it emerged that China’s stock market crisis wiped out nearly 85% of his...
View ArticleThese are the 6 countries on board with Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea
Since Russia's illegal seizure and annexation of Crimea from Ukraine on March 18, 2014, six countries have come out in support of Moscow.And in any other circumstance, the support Russia has received...
View Article32 stunning photos that take you inside the dangerous, deadly, and...
A massive blizzard slammed the US in mid-February 2007. The day after the storm abated, I sat in my apartment, logged onto Kayak, and began considering my options for an upcoming weeklong vacation.I...
View ArticleNicaragua's president picked his wife as his running mate
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, who has so far governed the country for two decades, has chosen his controversial wife as his running mate for the country's next elections in November.Rosario...
View ArticleNicaraguan officials say president wins 3rd straight term in an election...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — President Daniel Ortega won re-election to a third consecutive term as Nicaragua's leader, electoral officials said late Sunday as they released early results from an election...
View ArticleNicaragua, seeking China's investment in transoceanic canal, says it wants...
Nicaragua on Tuesday said it wanted to secure bigger international recognition for Taiwan during a visit by President Tsai Ing-wen at a moment of Chinese suspicions the leader of the self-ruled island...
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