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Ten years after the inauguration of construction works for a canal aimed at connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in Nicaragua, the government of President Daniel Ortega has withdrawn the concession to build the canal from Chinese company HKND. The legal framework for the mega project will be changed, the National Assembly of the Central American country said on Wednesday. The reasons for the reform and the cancellation of the contract were not initially given. The Ministry of Transport will now take over the administration of the canal authority, it said. Construction work on the planned…

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