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AFP/Managua
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in a central Nicaraguan city to protest the construction of a $50bn (44 billion euros) canal that will run through their land.
The protesters waved Nicaraguan flags and shouted “No to the canal!”. They accused President Daniel Ortega of “selling the country” to China by allowing the waterway’s construction.
Chinese firm Hong Kong Nicaragua Development Investment (HKND) is behind the massive canal project. Canal opponents, mainly farmers whose land lies on the waterway’s planned route, gathered from across the country in the central city of Juigalpa.
Estimates put the number of participants at around 15,000, although authorities were not able to confirm that figure.
HKND received a concession from Ortega in 2013 to build the 280km canal.
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