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Source: South Coast Today
Russia will take part in building the Nicaragua Canal and is discussing possible modes of cooperation, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Tuesday.
“We have discussed this multiple times with our Nicaraguan colleagues,” Ryabkov said in an interview with RIA Novosti. “We are
looking for appropriate ways in which Russia can get involved in this project.”
The Russian government has been working to strengthen relations with Latin American countries in recent years. As the ongoing crisis in Ukraine poisons Russia’s relations with the U.S. and Europe, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Cuba, Nicaragua, Chile and Peru last week.
More at the Moscow Times
Spurred by abuses against SGTM union dockworkers at an ICTSI terminal in Honduras, ILWU Longshore Caucus delegates and guests protest at the Honduran embassy in San Francisco in March, 2014.
The winning consortium chosen to operate a new container terminal at the Port of Melbourne has been blasted by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) for its “poor international reputation”.
The Naphtine government appointed Philippines-based global stevedore International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) and Anglo Ports Pty Ltd to operate the Webb Dock facility.
But, the MUA says ICTSI’s recent labour disputes in the US and in Honduras could hinder the project, calling it a “surprising” and “worrying development”.
More at Ports Strategy
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