Nicaragua's ambitious $50 billion mega canal project faced significant challenges and ultimately failed. This video explores ...

In this June 7, 2013 photo, people push a boat into Lake Nicaragua, near Granada, Nicaragua. A multi-billion dollar Chinese plan to plow a massive rival to the Panama Canal across the middle of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — After nearly a decade, Nicaragua's congress finally canceled on Wednesday a controversial canal ...

Koa Smith tucks into a long, sand-bottomed tube at Colorados, Nicaragua's best-known beachbreak. The proposed canal would come out just south of this zone. “This project is a disaster from a surfing ...

It has been almost a century since the Panama Canal opened to shipping traffic, and it is still the only route ships can take to cut across the Central American isthmus. Even before the Panama Canal ...

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Nicaragua's planned $50 billion canal project is "fraught with risks and uncertainties," and could cause more harm than good unless the government and its Chinese builder fund a host of mitigation ...

JUIGALPA, Nicaragua — Under the blue-and-white flag of Nicaragua and homemade banners accusing the president of selling out the country, some 10,000 campesinos marched against the Sandinista ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s government and Hong Kong-based HKND Group on Monday unveiled the route of a proposed $40 billion inter-ocean canal to compete with the Panama Canal that ...

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After nearly a decade, Nicaragua's congress finally canceled on Wednesday a controversial canal concession granted to a Chinese businessman that critics said endangered the environment and threatened ...