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Nicaragua canal approved by Nicaragua's president, Chinese businessman

A Hong Kong-based development company has signed an agreement with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to build a channel across Nicaragua, similar to the Panama Canal.

Nicaragua rushes to fulfill its canal dreams - with a hand from China

Nicaragua canal: Will China build rival to Panama Canal?

For Obama, Costa Rica offered rare 'safe bet' trip

Can Nicaragua protect the waters it won?

Chavez funeral: lavish nod to a populist touch and global reach (+video)

Venezuela: Court approves Chávez inauguration postponement

Cuban Missile Crisis: 5 ways leftist ideology lives on in Latin America

50 years after Cuba missile crisis, US influence in hemisphere waning

Latin America Monitor Will Chávez victory fulfill Nicaragua's megaproject dream?

Latin America Monitor Nicaragua: Central Bank says economy up 30 percent under Sandinistas

Latin America Monitor Viva Assange! Latin American groups rally around Ecuador's asylum decision. (+video)

Nicaragua's Olympic hero returns to the Summer Games – as a Nicaraguan

Latin America Monitor Central America: one of the happiest regions on earth?

Latin America Monitor Slain American's legacy continues in Nicaragua

Latin America Monitor Nicaragua divided over death of revolutionary leader

Family asks UN to help free former Peace Corps volunteer jailed in Nicaragua

Drug policy and Cuba headline Summit of the Americas (+video)

In Nicaragua, teachers make only half as much as market vendors

Land disputes trigger old racial tensions on Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast

Latin America Monitor No credit, no problem: Nicaragua's Ortega pitches 'socialist' bank

The next 'revolution' for Nicaragua: energy independence

What's Ahmadinejad getting out of his Latin America tour?

Terrorism & Security Ahmadinejad, Chavez taunt US from Caracas

Latin America Monitor Iran is not the only 'pariah' looking to Latin America