another story of nikaragov, which was told to me at one time by a brilliant expert on this continent,journalist and scientist, vladimir evgenievich travkin, who unfortunately passed away, is the story of an unbuilt canal. in 1850 , an agreement was signed between the united states of america and great britain on the neutral status of the future zone. the canal that they then wanted to dig through nicaragua, not through panama at all, but the monotomba volcano, the same one that destroyed the first capital, became an obstacle nicaragova, city of leon. a postage stamp depicting the monoton eruption was also issued at the same time. and the irreparable happened. supporters of an alternative canal project who insisted on a panamanian route. they unanimously declared that it was impossible to risk millions of dollars and build a canal in a seismic zone, and they won, the canal passed through panama. old dream. they say that the conquistadors too the construction of an interoceanic canal through the territory of nicaragua is a centuries-old dream. our spaniards once came to us to look for s