Nicaragua's congress has canceled a controversial canal concession, granted years ago to a Chinese businessman, that would have linked the country's Pacific and Atlantic coasts.

There are no alternatives,“ Ortega underlined while recalling that the United States had already intended to build a Nicaragua canal back in 1854. ”We are going to send them more information, ...

The rationale behind the Nicaragua Canal, HKND insists, is that it will be able to accommodate the next generation of super-sized container ships that can hold nearly 23,000 containers at a time.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — After nearly a decade, Nicaragua’s congress finally canceled on Wednesday a controversial canal concession granted to a Chinese businessman that critics said endangered ...

President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua is pushing for a proposed canal project despite lingering questions and growing skepticism from Nicaraguan citizens and politicians. With no public debate, a ...

Nicaragua’s proposed Grand Canal would be one of the world’s largest engineering projects. Its proponents say it could transform the country’s economy, while critics say it could be an ...

By the end of this year, digging could begin on a waterway that would stretch roughly 180 miles across Nicaragua to unite the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Giant container ships capable of carrying ...

Nicaragua canal to break ground, hoping to rival Panama. December 21, 2014 / 1:40 PM EST / AP RIO GRANDE, Nicaragua - As a conscripted soldier during the Contra War of the 1980s, ...

As proposed by HKND, the Nicaragua Canal would be more than three times longer than the Panama Canal; include two sets of monumental locks, larger than those currently under construction at the Panama ...

Nicaragua’s government, never known for transparency, has been particularly opaque about its dealings with the Chinese businessman behind the canal.

Wang Jing, chairman of he HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. Ltd. (HKND Group), speaks during a discussion group with students from the National Engineering University in Managua, on ...