Today, Nicaragua’s parliament is expected to approve proposals by a Chinese consortium to build a canal across the country to rival that of Panama. The $40 billion project could double Nicaragua’s GDP and create 40,000 construction jobs over an 11-year construction period.

via Nicaragua still thinks it can build a better canal than Panama after 200 years of trying – Quartz.

If you think cutting down the Amazon is a planet killer, then you have not seen anything yet – connect the Pacific and Atlantic and watch what happens to marine life and then us! And what would the environmental impact on Nicaragua? They are only thinking about money and status, not life.