Protests erupt in Nicaragua over interoceanic canal

Farmers and peasants say they have not offered to sell their land to make way for the new canal, which the Nicaraguan government says will solve the country’s economic problemsProtests as Nicaragua starts work on $50bn interoceanic canal
Scores of Nicaraguan protesters have been arrested and dozens injured as Nicaraguan police broke up road blocks set up by demonstrators protesting this week against possible eviction from their lands due to the construction of an interoceanic canal in the coun