The San Francisco Examiner makes the case for a canal through Nicaragua in 1939, arguing that the Pa
The San Francisco Examiner makes the case for a canal through Nicaragua in 1939, arguing that the Panama Canal was under threat. A route through Nicaragua as an alternative to the Panama Canal has been suggested many times since the 1800s. Famously, promoters of the Panama route sent a Nicaraguan postage stamp with an image of a volcano to every U.S. Senate office, implying that the environment of Nicaragua was deadly. In fact, the Panamanian route was far deadlier, containing impassable jungle and tropical diseases. -- source link
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