Thursday, March 12, 2015

'Sandinista'Daniel Ortega Sells Nicaragua To A Chinese William Walker ?

'Sandinista' Daniel Ortega Sells Nicaragua To A Chinese William Walker




http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/20/-sp-nicaragua-canal-land-opportunity-fear-route



Wang Jing addresses a press conference in Managua, Nicaragua, in December.
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 Wang Jing addresses a press conference in Managua, Nicaragua, in December. Photograph: Luis Echeverria/Xinhua Press/Corbis


For the company behind one of history’s biggest engineering projects – a 178-mile inter-ocean canal through Nicaragua – the Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co (HKND) is difficult to track down.
While HKND’s website includes a contact form, it lacks an address or phone number. Its home page is bare bones, cycling through images of a shipping port, Hong Kong’s skyline, a tropical beach, and the words “the century-old dream will come true” written in dark blue letters against a clear blue sky.
When the company did not immediately reply to an interview request, the Guardian attempted to track down its Hong Kong office. Searches for HKND on Google Maps led to a central Hong Kong office tower, where the company was not listed as an occupant. Hong Kong direct inquiries could not find a listing.
Little is known about Wang Jing, HKND’s billionaire chairman. Four years ago, the 41-year-old took control of Beijing Xinwei, a major telecommunications company; the HKND website says he “serves as board chairman of more than 20 enterprises which operate businesses in 35 countries around the world”. One, registered in the British Virgin Islands, manages private jets; another manages mines in Cambodia....



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  1. Company to Start Building Transoceanic Canal in Nicaragua

    ZME Science-Mar 5, 2015
    ... company in Hong Kong known as the Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal ... experienced in recent years,” according to the HKND Group report.
  2. Central America face-off? Panama gears up for possible rival canal

    Christian Science Monitor-Mar 10, 2015
    Nicaraguan lawmakers in 2013 granted Wang's Hong Kong-basedHKND Group a 50-year concession to build a canal in return for a payment ...
    Who's behind the 'Nicaragua Grand Canal'—and why?
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  3. Havana Times

    The fiasco that is the Nicaragua Canal, explained

    Vox-Feb 26, 2015
    The consortium in charge — the Hong Kong Nicaragua CanalDevelopment Group (HKND), led by Beijing-based telecom billionaire Wang Jing ...
  4. Nicaragua Canal Disastrous: Scientists

    MarineLink-Mar 8, 2015
    The Hong Kong-based HKND Group announced it had begun construction on the Nicaragua Interoceanic Grand Canal in Rivas,Nicaragua, ...
  5. Skeptical Panama takes heed of planned Nicaraguan canal

    MiamiHerald.com-Feb 12, 2015
    Nicaraguan lawmakers in 2013 granted Wang's Hong Kong-basedHKND Group a 50-year concession to build a canal in return for $10 million ...
  6. Nicaragua's controversial canal

    Stabroek News-Feb 28, 2015
    Apart from environmental concerns, public debate has centred on whether the Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group (HKND) ...
  7. Realistic US Foreign Policy Options For Nicaragua

    International Policy Digest-Feb 22, 2015
    Living on Ometepe Island, in the middle of Lake Nicaragua, it is easy to think that ... with the privately-owned HKND Group of Hong Kongleading the effort. ... Viewed from a near-term perspective, the adverse affects of canal's ...
    Reporters covering Nicaragua waterway project obstructed by lack ...
    CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)-Feb 24, 2015
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  8. Managua Airport grows by 8.9% in 2014; Copa Airlines commands ...

    anna.aero-Mar 4, 2015
    In fact, around 60,000 US citizens visit Nicaragua annually, primarily business people, tourists and those visiting relatives. ... Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Company (HKND Group) is the main investor that will manage and build the canal ... Your email address will not be published.
  9. Nicaragua's secrecy about the canal is stoking unrest, top scientist ...

    Global Construction Review-Feb 16, 2015
    A top Nicaraguan scientist has said that public unrest and opposition to ... the canalHong Kong Nicaragua CanalDevelopment Group (HKND), ...
  10. Nicaragua Constructs Enormous Canal, Blind to its Environmental ...

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    The Nicaragua Grand Canal will be a project of unprecedented magnitude. The canal's route has already been determined, as is the number of .

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