Save the Cruces Trail and Panama Canal Watershed

Caribbean Nations Urged to Take Advantage of Panama Canal Expansion June 8, 2014  | Posted by  Tracy Tagged With:  Caribbean nations ,  Caribbean Trading ,  panama canal ,  Panama Canal Exansion 17       8     0 Google +   0 Reddit   0     1     2   PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Caribbean countries are being urged to position themselves to take advantage of greater trading opportunities that may derive when the  Panama Canal Expansion project is completed  and commissioned by the first quarter of 2016. When it is completed, the Panama Canal will be able to facilitate the crossing of larger ships between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and, as a result, there would be a need to set up at least two transshipment points in the Caribbean. Rodolfo Sabonge, expert external adviser for the U.S.-based management consulting firm McKinsey and Co., ...

Courtesy Atlanta Black Star Panama Canal Expansion: What the Facts Reveal Gatún Lake Defense Committee – 12 May 2015 The Background While the Panama Canal was still under construction it was already being said was that it was too small. As a result of the first World War, the US began adding a third set (lane) of larger locks for the nation's then perceived naval needs, but that effort was halted by the onset of World War II (WWII). However, between those two wars, Madden Dam was completed creating Madden Lake – which was renamed Lago Alajuela by Panama when the Canal and the “Zone” (territories pertinent to the Canal) were transferred to Panama. Madden Lake allowed the Canal locks to be operated in the normal – faster mode – through the dry season months. (The Panama Canal's original locks can be operated in a mode that expends about half the normal water per transit. It is important to note that when water is to be conserved, fewer ships will transit ...

In Paradisiacal Nicaragua, Contemplating a Canal By  ELIZABETH ZACH APRIL 24, 2015 Continue reading the main story Slide Show SLIDE SHOW | 12 Photos Nicaragua’s Troubled Waters Nicaragua’s Troubled Waters Credit Meridith Kohut for The New York Times Continue reading the main story Share This Page Email Share Tweet Pin Save More Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story As the “Che Guevara” ferry lurched with determination across Lake Nicaragua, inching toward Isla de Ometepe, it was difficult to decide where to train your eye. On one end of the island is Volcán Concepción, an active stratovolcano whose frequent eruptions leave in their wake neat streams of ash that, when the wind is right, resemble the detritus of a giant smokestack. On the other is Volcán Maderas, Concepción’s smaller, lusher cousin. Regardless of where your gaze rests, the $3 ferry ticket (prices are often quoted in dollars in  Nicaragua ) i...