But while Nicaragua has, for the most part, been busy painting itself a bright green future, a controversial new plan designed to boost its still-flagging economy threatens to put it back in the red. With a giant shipping canal – to rival neighbouring Panama’s – set to be cut through the bowels of the country, there’s no better time to enjoy Nicaragua in its natural (and cheap!) splendour than at this very moment.
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