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Ortega pledges to make Nicaragua's canal ‘a reality’
Sunset over Lake Nicaragua, which could be incorporated into the canal [eric molina]

NICARAGUAN President Daniel Ortega promised to make the country’s controversial canal development “a reality” yesterday.

He explained that the new waterway would allow growth and improve the “economic condition of all families.”

Mr Ortega was speaking at a ceremony in the capital Managua to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the founding of Nicaragua’s naval force.

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