The Nicaraguan Canal Agreement: A Study of a Contemporary Investment Agreement and the Historical Patterns that Helped Shape It
In December 2014, Nicaragua officially launched one of the world’s largest engineering projects in history, as construction began on a 278 km transoceanic canal with an estimated cost of US$50 billion. To implement and finance the project, Nicaragua has made an agreement with the foreign investor HKND that has received widespread attention and critique. The purpose of this thesis is to examine thi