Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean stretch back to the early colonial era. Construction of...

Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project, informally the Nicaragua Canal (Spanish: Canal de Nicaragua, also referred to as the Nicaragua Grand Canal,...

earnest. Noted canal engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal, led the initial attempt by France to build a sea-level canal. Beset by cost...

its attempts to construct a Nicaraguan Canal to compete with its Panamanian counterpart. Goldberg, Beverly (27 August 2018). "Is the Nicaraguan mega-canal...

locks to increase and lengthen its stretches of slack water levels while staying in its valley. A canal can cut across a drainage divide atop a ridge...

1901 Hay -Pauncefote Treaty granting the US control to build the Panama Canal, the US felt the need to protect its economic goals and strategic objectives...

and other industries.[citation needed] Several attempts to build a Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific side of Central America failed before...

States the exclusive right to build a canal across Nicaragua). In October 1928, José María Moncada was elected as president, in a process supervised by the...

to build a canal and pending its construction, a monopoly on transporting passengers across the country. Vanderbilt's ocean-going steamships were to sail...

Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Christian socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas (Spanish pronunciation:...

investment to build the canal, but he did start a steamship line to Nicaragua, and founded the Accessory Transit Company to carry passengers across Nicaragua by...

the treaty, the US was to pay $40,000,000 to the stockholders of the French company that had tried to build the canal across Panama.: 105  Colombia's...

a canal in Nicaragua to connect the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The congress approved a contract with the government of the Netherlands to develop...

Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Canada, and the United States signed the Convention on the Pan-American Highway, whereby they agreed to achieve speedy...

Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama were built by private and public investors mainly to facilitate the transport of local...

of a territory in Panama to build a much anticipated canal across the isthmus. The Colombian government opposed this, but a Panamanian insurrection provided...

and Clyde Canal. In 1801, Symington patented a horizontal steam engine directly linked to a crank. He got support from Lord Dundas to build a second steamboat...

the United States, who wished to build a canal across the country. On April 6, 1914, Colombia and the United States signed a treaty which recognised the...

engulfed in a civil war since 1898, and a previous attempt to build a canal across Panama had failed under the leadership of Ferdinand de Lesseps. A presidential...

construct a canal to the Pacific. In exchange for this and additional concessions, Nicaragua received cash, a right to stock in the canal, and annual...

occupies an area between the canal and the rivers. Across the canal to the west lie both Centretown and Downtown Ottawa, which share a border along Gloucester...

the country, including in the Mexico City area. In Nicaragua, cable and satellite providers used to carry either select U.S.-based NBC and Telemundo affiliated...

costs, and environmental concerns; attempts failed in the 1970s and 1990s. As of 2024, there is no active plan to build a road through the Gap, although there...

handover of the Canal and military installations by the United States has given rise to large construction projects. A project to build a third set of locks...

After landing in Nicaragua, he proclaimed himself as president of Nicaragua and re-instated slavery, which had been abolished. He intended to expand into Costa...

engulfed in a civil war since 1898, and a previous attempt to build a canal across Panama had failed under the leadership of Ferdinand de Lesseps. A presidential...

to reverse a previous decision by the Walker Commission in favour of a Nicaragua Canal and pushed through the acquisition of the French Panama Canal effort...

is a country in the Central American region of North America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast...

and elicit Mexican cooperation in efforts by US citizens to build a canal or railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Supporting the Sloo interests...

Carter ended U.S. support for the Somoza regime in Nicaragua and cut back or terminated military aid to Augusto Pinochet of Chile, Ernesto Geisel of Brazil...