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3 unusual facts about Nicaragua Canal


Nicaragua Canal

# Route 2 goes from the town of Bluefields on the Caribbean Sea (Isla del Venado) via Rio Escondido to Lake Nicaragua.

An eruption in Saint-Pierre, Martinique, which killed 30,000 people, persuaded most of the U.S. Congress to vote in favour of Panama, leaving only eight votes in favour of Nicaragua.

In 2010, Nicaragua signed a contract with two Korean developers, Dongmyeong Engineering & Architecture Consultants (DMEC) and Ox Investment, to construct a deepwater port and facilities at Monkey Point on the Atlantic coast to improve capacity there.


José Coronel Urtecho

One of Coronel′s oldest twin sons, Manuel Coronel Kautz, is currently Nicaragua’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Head Authority of the Nicaragua Great Canal project, currently the largest economical initiative of the country.


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