Talk:Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project/Archives/2016

Impact on Central American Economies (Mexico-Northern Triangle)
This topic is not forgotten easily as noted in the Bello section of The Economist this year.

Could there be a mention about the impact on neighboring economies, like Honduras and El Salvador, since they are aligned with the Mexico-Northern Triangle free trade agreement through the Declaration of Tuxtla Gutiérrez? The sovereign nations of El Salvador and Honduras are in close proximity to the Nicaraguan Canal project, so the GDP of each party might be influenced by expanded export/import operations.

Also, it has great relevance to the environment, deforestation, the loss of natural capital and all the expected pollution from the creation of a man-made waterway. Since the HKND Group states that part of it's mission is to consider "the Sensitivity to social and environmental impact", would it be possible to determine who exactly will be studying the outcome of the construction, the externalities involved with dredging and the effect on tectonic plates?

Thanks for your time and putting this article together, I plan on watching this topic throughout my Fall semester.

Project on hold
As of November 26, 2015, the current project for the Nicaraguan canal has been placed on hold due to severe market failures in China. The principle and investor Wang Jing lost approximately 80% of portfolio value since the Chinese stock market crashed as well as the devaluation of the currency in recent financial activity.

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You may want to expand more of the table of trade relationships, at least in terms of what each column means. Is this of three different trade agreements? What is a "host" of a trade agreement? are the cohort the other members of the trade agreement. Might want to reorganize also so easier to see what is what.My only other comment would be to read over carefully and make sure that you are keeping everything neutral (for example, the Bello column of the economist is something of an opinion column, so it might not be the best source to use. Keep up the good work.

Usulutan86 (talk) 05:54, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Freshwater barrier between Pacific and Caribbean
"..the canal would form a conduit between the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, potentially containing seawater, "creating the potential for an enormous invasive species problem” leading to the "disruption of Caribbean fisheries from an influx of competing species, predators and disease". By contrast, the Panama Canal is filled with freshwater which acts as a barrier to prevent such an occurrence from happening..".

Doesn't make sense - as I understand the article's text, the vast majority of the canal, between the locks at Brito and Camilo, would be fresh water from Lake Nicaragua, with the only seawater sections between the Pacific and Brito, and Camilo and the Caribbean. ?? Rcbutcher (talk) 06:43, 23 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, the author of that opinion/review did a poor job explaining that. The difference seems to be topography only, but the proximity of both canals makes it a small "difference".  BatteryIncluded (talk) 12:26, 23 September 2016 (UTC)