Listen "The new Panama Canal?"
Episode Synopsis
The Bioceanic Highway, aims to link Chile's Pacific coast with Brazil's Atlantic coastline. We’re in landlocked Paraguay to find out how one of the world’s biggest infrastructure projects, could change how people there do business, especially the Mennonites, a powerful, religious farming community who live directly in the new highways' path. Presenter / producer: Jane Chambers
Image: Bioceanic highway in Paraguay; Credit: Bob Howard
Image: Bioceanic highway in Paraguay; Credit: Bob Howard
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