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A look into the massive Nicaragua canal project, and the concerns of those in its path

By Take Two Staff
Published Jun 23, 2015
A peasant makes a graffiti on a mural of Nicaraguan Presidnet Daniel Ortega during a protest against the construction of an inter-oceanic canal in Juigalpa, Nicaragua on June 13, 2015. Nicaragua and Chinese company HKND Group last year launched construction of an ambitious $50 billion rival to the Panama canal that could handle even larger ships. The canal, which is set to be completed within five years, threatens to displace a small village of the Rama ethnic group and to invade the Indio Maiz reserve, according to environmentalists. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
A peasant makes a graffiti on a mural of Nicaraguan Presidnet Daniel Ortega during a protest against the construction of an inter-oceanic canal in Juigalpa, Nicaragua on June 13, 2015. Nicaragua and Chinese company HKND Group last year launched construction of an ambitious $50 billion rival to the Panama canal that could handle even larger ships. The canal, which is set to be completed within five years, threatens to displace a small village of the Rama ethnic group and to invade the Indio Maiz reserve, according to environmentalists.
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A look into the massive Nicaragua canal project, and the concerns of those in its path

The planned inter-oceanic canal across Nicaragua is so big that it's tough to wrap your mind around.

A canal 170 miles long and 90 feet deep, rivaling the 50-mile-long Panama Canal and its ability to handle the world's largest cargo ships.

The Chinese-backed project has been shrouded in secrecy, making the potential ramifications of the canal— for world trade, the environment, the livelihoods of farmers, ranchers and indigenous people— difficult to grasp as well.

McClatchy reporter Tim Johnson traveled through Nicaragua and spoke with some of the people living in the path of the canal for a new four-part series on the project.