NICARAGUA, 2015
Indigenous Nicaraguans swim in the clear waters of Lake Cocibolca. When it became apparent that the route of the proposed Chinese-financed 278 km interoceanic canal project would displace and relocate the indigenous Nicaraguans, with the loss of their farms and their land, and would impact the protected San Miguelito wetlands and lake Cocibolca, a valued water resource, the support for the project dropped significantly