This comes amidst reports that the Chinese government would be investigating CK Hutchinson’s sale of the two key Panama ports to US investment giant BlackRock, in a deal likely partially… read more →
Investment giant BlackRock’s plans to buy the Panama Canal, likely motivated by US President Donald Trump’s insistence on restoring the crucial trade route to US control, look set to encounter pushback from the Panamanian government.
Saying the world’s oceans are vast is an understatement. If one were to sail from Cape Town to Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island, located over 2,000 kilometres to the nearest land, the voyage would take longer than it took Apollo 11 to reach the moon.
