. >> monica lopez baltodano is the director of a popolna, a group fighting the canal. like many who oppose the plan she speaks out at her own risk. >> we are worried along with scientists in the country but internationally that the canal is going to be the end of our main water resource. we have a huge task because the government actually has control over most of nicaraguan media, i mean tv and radio. >> the only way to see what's really at stake here is to get wet. >> listo? listo. >> so right now we're leaving gigante beach, and right around the corner from it is where the canal is gonna start. so what we see out here may change drastically. >> the day's windy and the seas are rough. >> so right now we're getting hammered by the wind and the waves, but i wanted to show you guys. this is it. this is the proposed entrance and exit on the pacific side for the nicaragua canal. there's a natural break in the rock formations here so it's relatively flat but there's a lot of good forest in there -- no infrastructure so they're going to have to do a lot of work to break thro