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(#1571946) Verfasst am: 15.11.2010, 22:49 Titel: Google Maps schuld an Invasion. Oder war's der Nicaragua-Kanal? |
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Was für Blüten das Medien-Zeitalter alles so hervorbringt.
Als erstes haben wir die Meldung, daß ein Fehler in den Google-Maps eine Invasion ausgelöst habe:
Zitat: | Nicaragua Raids Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps
An error on Google Maps has caused an international conflict in Central America.
A Nicaraguan military commander, relying on Google Maps, moved troops into an area near San Juan Lake along the border between his country and Costa Rica. The troops are accused of setting up camp there, taking down a Costa Rican flag and raising the Nicaraguan flag, doing work to clean up a nearby river, and dumping the sediment in Costa Rican territory.
La Nacion — the largest newspaper in Costa Rica — says the Nicaraguan commander, Eden Pastora, used Google Maps to “justify” the incursion even though the official maps used by both countries indicate the territory belongs to Costa Rica. Pastora blames Google Maps in the paper:
http://searchengineland.com/nicaragua-raids-costa-rica-blames-google-maps-54885 |
Inzwischen hat sich das zu einer Verschwörungstheorie ausgewachsen:
Zitat: | Iran, Venezuela plan to build rival to Panama Canal
Sources tell Haaretz that the recent Nicaragua-Costa Rica border incident was a trial balloon by the creators of a plan to build a new canal in Latin America.
The recent border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua is a sign of an ambitious plan by Venezuela, Iran and Nicaragua to create a "Nicaragua Canal" linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that would rival the existing Panama Canal.
Costa Rica says that last week Nicaraguan troops entered its territory along the San Juan River – the border between the two nations. Nicaragua had been conducting channel deepening work on the river when the incident occurred.
Sources in Latin America have told Haaretz that the border incident and the military pressure on Costa Rica, a country without an army, are the first step in a plan formulated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, with funding and assistance from Iran, to create a substitute for the strategically and economically important Panama Canal.
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http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/iran-venezuela-plan-to-build-rival-to-panama-canal-1.324173 |
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(#1905675) Verfasst am: 03.03.2014, 21:29 Titel: |
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Die Sache mit dem Kanal durch Nicaragua war wohl keine Ente. Inzwischen berichten mehrere Quellen davon.
In folgendem Link werden einige politische und ökonomische Hintergründe beleuchtet und ökologische Einwände gegen den Bau vorgebracht.
Ein Einwand war, daß der Kanal durchlässig für Meereslebewesen wäre. Invasive Arten aus dem Atlantik oder Pazifik könnten im anderen Ozean zum Problem werden. Der Panamakanal führt Süßwasser und sei damit eine Barriere. Der Nicaragua-Kanal muß weniger Höhenunterschied bewältigen, deshalb sei er durchlässig. Verstehe ich nicht ganz, der Kanal führt doch durch einen großen Süßwassersee, oder?
Aber egal. Ob der Kanal gebaut wird oder nicht - dabei werden ökologische Argumente kaum eine Rolle spielen.
Zitat: | Why the Plan to Dig a Canal Across Nicaragua Could Be a Very Bad Idea
By the end of this year, if a Chinese entrepreneur gets his way, digging will begin on a waterway that would stretch roughly 180 miles across Nicaragua to unite the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Giant container ships capable of carrying consumer electronics by the millions (or T-shirts by the billions) could begin making the passage by 2019, according to the most optimistic projections.
The proposed canal would pass through or near nature reserves and areas inhabited by indigenous groups. Map courtesy of Nature
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/nicaragua-canal/ |
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