Caribbean History 3

 The final installment on Caribbean history finishes off the three parts on Caribbean history for the week. They start the last episode in Nicaragua and they focus on the small fishing town right on the coast. In the town they talk about the new canal being built in the channel. There have been so many attempt for the canal to be built throughout time, however none have been successful. Finally a Chinese backed consortium is leading the efforts to build the canal. Although this is something that many want and feel will be beneficial, it will also have a big ecological effect. The area is home to an incredible amount of wildlife, and when the canal is built it could take away the home of many species and leave a trail of cut down wildlife. This illustrates the idea of trade-offs of new building. Do the Caribbean natives want to modernize or protect their wildlife? I believe their is a happy medium, and I think the canal in this case would provide more positives and there is plenty of forested area for the wildlife to thrive

    The installment on the Honduran gangs is eye opening. Is is crazy how much violence is prevalent in the area. The 18th street gang and ms-13 gang are rivals and they created an insane about of tumult, so much so, that the Honduran government will not negotiate with them. It however is good to know that the gangs have had a truce for over a year and that gang members are reforming now. Some of the stuff that the gangs did and still do, is absurd. Hopefully, the country can get its problems under control and instill a sense of positive reform.

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