Nicaragua: We Can Build a Better Canal

There’s good reason to believe that a Nicaraguan rival would seriously rival a Panama one, even though little is known about the Chinese group’s plans so far. The Nicaraguan canal—probably without the locks—will, the government says, be able to handle ships up to 250,000 deadweight tons, or around double the size of ships the Panama canal’s locks will handle even after the upgrades due to be completed in 2015.