Peru seeks high-level meeting with China, Brazil to advance bi-oceanic railroad

c/world · u/schizoidman@lemm.ee · 53 points

The proposed railway would connect Brazil to a new port on Peru's Pacific coast, creating a trade route with China that would allow it avoid routes going through the Panama Canal and around the southern tip of South America.

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Rail is pretty hard to build and operate through the Andes and can't reach the scale of sea freight, which could be achieved through a Nicaragua canal, but fine, it is not meant to compete with the Panama canal, so no need to build another canal.

u/BakerBagel@midwest.social · 4 points

Because a railroad is much cheaper and easier to build than a canal through mountains and jungles.

u/Archangel1313@lemm.ee · 8 points

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u/x_cell@slrpnk.net · 2 points

I mean, it's the same thing the IMF and World Bank did to fuck over a lot of poorer countries. While not an invasion, it is still pretty destructive.

u/NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 4 points

I mean yeah, that's called taking out a loan.

u/MuskyMelon@lemmy.world · 1 points

Better than being invaded by "democracy"

u/Archangel1313@lemm.ee · 6 points

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u/ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 2 points

Meh, I thought is a railway crossing two oceans.

u/Gsus4@mander.xyz · 2 points

Anybody know why this would be better than the Nicaragua canal for China? For Brazil it is clearly good, because it increases the access for its deepest, landlocked parts.