Save the Cruces Trail and Panama Canal Watershed

‘Nicaragua Canal - potential threat to the US and Western powers’ Adrian Salbuchi is a political analyst, author, speaker and radio/TV commentator in Argentina. Get short URL Published time: December 26, 2014 12:38 Reuters / Oswaldo Rivas 2.3K 5 4 Tags BRICS ,  Central America ,  China , Construction ,  Economy ,  Politics ,  Regional development ,  Russia ,  USA The Nicaragua Canal can become an alternative route through Central America for China and Russia, as well as an alternative route for potential military use right in America’s backyard, international consultant and author Adrian Salbuchi told RT. Nicaragua has begun the most ambitious construction project in Latin America - a waterway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans that is supposed to become an alternative to the Panama Canal. It is 278 km long, will cost around $50 billion and provide jobs for 50,000 people. The construction is being run b...

TERCER JUEGO DE ESCLUSAS Retoman negociación por paro en obras de ampliación del Canal El Pac 4 incluye la construcción de una represa con la que se abastecerá las nuevas esclusas del Pacífico. Wilfredo Jordán     29 dic 2014 - 12:12h TEMAS: ampliación   Canal   paro   esclusas   jorge luis quijano El 90% de los trabajadores del programa de ampliación están laborando. El 90% de los trabajadores del programa de ampliación están laborando.  Foto por: La Prensa/Ana Rentería Twitter Shares 5 Facebook Shares 1 Email 0 Representantes de un grupo de trabajadores que labora en la ampliación del Canal se volvieron a sentar en la mañana de hoy lunes en la mesa de negociación con miembros del consorcio FCC-MECO-ICA para encontrar un acuerdo que termine con el paro laboral que se mantiene desde el martes 23 de diciembre.  Los trabajadores del proyecto denominado "canal de acceso del Pacífico" (Pac 4) denunciaron falta seguridad en los t...

Exigirán libertad de campesinos detenidos en protesta contra canal de Nicaragua Miembros del Comité Nacional para la Defensa de la Tierra, el Lago y la Soberanía, se reunirán hoy en la ciudad de Masaya para exigir la liberación de 6 campesinos detenidos por la PolicÍa Nacional cuando protestaban contra el proyecto del canal de Nicaragua. ACAN-EFE  |  MANAGUA, Nicaragua   29 dic 2014 - 08:12h TEMAS: Canal de Nicaragua El Grupo Cocibolca, integrado por organizaciones científicas y ambientalistas, denunció este sábado que 16 campesinos se encuentran desaparecidos desde que la Policía ejecutó las redadas en su contra. AP/Oscar Navarrete El Grupo Cocibolca, integrado por organizaciones científicas y ambientalistas, denunció este sábado que 16 campesinos se encuentran desaparecidos desde que la Policía ejecutó las redadas en su contra. AP/Oscar Navarrete  Twitter Shares 2 Facebook Shares 0 Email 0 Miembros del Comité Nacional para la Defensa de la Tierra, ...

Quake hits off Panama's Pacific coast, no damage reported   December 26, 2014 7:30 PM     PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off Panama's Pacific coast on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The USGS said the quake, initially reported as having a magnitude of 6.0, was relatively shallow at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km) below the seabed. It struck in the early evening 132 miles (213 km) south of the town of David. The quake was not felt in the capital, Panama City. (Reporting by Sandra Maler in Washington and Elida Moreno in Panama City; Editing by Mohammad Zargham and Ken Wills)

Panama Canal claims $737 mn in cost overruns   December 26, 2014 6:37 PM     . View photo The last gate to be used on a new set of locks on the Panama Canal arrives in Panama City, on December 10, 2014 (AFP Photo/Rodrigo Arangua) Panama City (AFP) - The consortium expanding the Panama Canal is making fresh claims for cost overruns totaling $737 million, officials said Friday. Canal administrator Jorge Quijano told reporters that the Panama Canal Authority had received two claims on Tuesday that "will be evaluated" to determine if there is probable cause. But he warned that "at first glance, the issues will be very difficult for the counterparty to justify." And in the latest setback for the behind-schedule, over-budget upgrade, a union representative said excavation work was on hold after negotiations broke down between the consortium and workers who have been on strike since Tuesday. ...

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