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With the current drought impacting the use of the Panama Canal and thereby impeding the U.S. supply chain, I looked again at the status of the Nicaragua Canal. I found that the project has not been abandoned, as previously reported about a year ago.
Further, the situation puts greater pressure on securing the Suez Canal and explains the U.S. military action against Yemeni Houthi missile attacks.
Searching the topic, there's been a drop off in stories, leading back to 2014-15, when interest in the Nicaragua Canal originally surfaced and drew criticism of the environmental impact.
China continues pushing the connection between Colombia and Nicaragua to accomplish a new shipping channel.
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/another-panama-canal-will-nicaragua-build-one/
https://jamestown.org/program/china-and-nicaraguas-deepening-embrace/
Further, I found that Lake Nicaragua is said to have enough water to supply the would-be canal despite the drought impacting Central America, which apparently also drives migration.
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/theres-enough-water-for-nicaragua-canal-says-developer
Wouldn't it make all the more sense that we drop the Paris Agreement and return to fracking? Let's get the hell out of the Middle East and concentrate efforts at home and on strengthening relations and investments with our southern neighbors.
