Telémaco Talavera, the official spokesman for the Nicaragua Grand Inter-Oceanic Canal, yesterday praised the opening of the New Suez Canal in Egypt as “a great achievement, not only for Egypt but in fact for the world… as the Nicaraguan Canal will also be.” In an exclusive telephone interview with Executive Intelligence Review, Talavera added that the opening of the New Suez Canal “comes at a good time; many people didn’t think it would be possible to achieve what was done with the Suez Canal in such a short period of time, just as today there are people who don’t believe in the Nicaraguan Canal, or don’t want it to become a reality.“

Talavera noted that Nicaragua’s Vice President was present at the Suez Canal ceremonies in Egypt on Aug. 6, and that “the Egyptian President [al-sisi] said, not only in a private meeting, not only at the inauguration of the canal, that he also celebrated Nicaragua’s initiative and drive, and he offered all his help for the construction of the Nicaraguan Canal as well.”

Talavera added: “We all know that the world’s population has grown greatly and that it keeps growing. Exports and imports of products and goods are also growing, and so does the need to shorten distances, to reduce financial costs, to reduce environmental costs… We are prepared to make that dream, that necessity a reality.“ He concluded: “We celebrate this great triumph, not only for Egypt but for the world, as we also celebrate the expansion of the Panama Canal and what will be an extraordinary project for the world, the Nicaraguan Canal, which is underway.”

EIR published an extensive exclusive interview with Talavera in its Jan. 9, 2015 issue, along with a review of the scope and significance of the Nicaragua Grand Inter-Oceanic Canal as part of the “Maritime Silk Road” and the “Coming Revolution in Global Cargo.”