If they succeed in building it, it will no doubt have a strong economic effect on the country.
Right now there is a lot of tourist investment in the same area that the he mentions in the article. An ecological disaster could hurt the growth in that area, but it might open up the whole Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, which is very difficult to get to now.
Most educated people here are doubtful about the success of it. The majority of the country is not very well educated and buy most of the Sandinista propaganda about the canal. The main exception are poor farmers in the affected areas who have been demonstrating against it.
Nicaraguans are normally very open to foreigners, but even I've heard many mostly poor people worried by the headlines of 10,000 Chinese workers being needed.
Right now there is a lot of tourist investment in the same area that the he mentions in the article. An ecological disaster could hurt the growth in that area, but it might open up the whole Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, which is very difficult to get to now.
Most educated people here are doubtful about the success of it. The majority of the country is not very well educated and buy most of the Sandinista propaganda about the canal. The main exception are poor farmers in the affected areas who have been demonstrating against it.
Nicaraguans are normally very open to foreigners, but even I've heard many mostly poor people worried by the headlines of 10,000 Chinese workers being needed.