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Protests erupt in Nicaragua over interoceanic canal
Source: The Guardian
Protests erupt in Nicaragua over interoceanic canal
Farmers and peasants say they have not offered to sell their land
to make way for the new canal, which the Nicaraguan
government says will solve the country’s economic problems
Guardian Staff
theguardian.com, Wednesday 24 December 2014 21.13 GMT
Scores of Nicaraguan protesters have been arrested and dozens injured as Nicaraguan police broke up road blocks set up by demonstrators protesting this week against possible eviction from their lands due to the construction of an interoceanic canal in the country.
Protesters in Rivas blocked the Pan-American Highway shortly after the official ceremony marking the beginning of construction work. Another road block on the Managua-San Carlos Highway was set up by protesters from the community of El Tule and the municipality of Nueva Guinea, which are also on the proposed canal route.
Although in a recent press conference, Chinese businessman Wang Jing, the president of HKND Group, the company building the canal, promised to pay “compensation according to market principles in a fair, open and transparent way”, many peasants complained of a lack of information when workers turned up to measure their land accompanied by police officers and soldiers. This has generated uncertainty among the campesino farmers affected and some have even said they won’t give up without a fight.
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Farmers and peasants say they have not offered to sell their land
to make way for the new canal, which the Nicaraguan
government says will solve the country’s economic problems
Guardian Staff
theguardian.com, Wednesday 24 December 2014 21.13 GMT
Scores of Nicaraguan protesters have been arrested and dozens injured as Nicaraguan police broke up road blocks set up by demonstrators protesting this week against possible eviction from their lands due to the construction of an interoceanic canal in the country.
Protesters in Rivas blocked the Pan-American Highway shortly after the official ceremony marking the beginning of construction work. Another road block on the Managua-San Carlos Highway was set up by protesters from the community of El Tule and the municipality of Nueva Guinea, which are also on the proposed canal route.
Although in a recent press conference, Chinese businessman Wang Jing, the president of HKND Group, the company building the canal, promised to pay “compensation according to market principles in a fair, open and transparent way”, many peasants complained of a lack of information when workers turned up to measure their land accompanied by police officers and soldiers. This has generated uncertainty among the campesino farmers affected and some have even said they won’t give up without a fight.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/24/nicaragua-protests-interoceanic-canal-rivas
