Nicaraguans rise up against Chinese canal
http://fusion.net/story/23238/ nicaraguans-rise-up-against- chinese-canal/ Nicaraguans rise up against Chinese canal Carlos Herrera By TIM ROGERS @nicadispatch and WILFREDO MIRANDA @PirulAr Posted 10/22/2014 9:22 am What do you think? Updated 10/24/2014 5:49 pm What do you think? Updated 10/24/2014 5:49 pm NUEVA GUINEA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua’s muddy countryside rumbled under the staccato of horse hooves and rubber boots on Tuesday as more than 1,000 campesinos marched through Nueva Guinea to protest the construction of a $50-billion, privately owned Chinese canal that would rival Panama’s interoceanic waterway. Under the banners “Our land is not for sale!” and “Chinaman, go home!” Nicaraguan farmers and cowboys vowed to defend their properties from government expropriation and Chinese encroachment. “I would rather die than hand over my property,”...