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Medardo Mairena of Punta Gorda, RAAS, Nicaragua, and Pedro mena of La Fonseca, RAAS,Nicaragua leaders of the Consejo Nacional anti canal movement travels down the Punta Gorda river. to the river mouth at the Caribbean during the early morning. If the Gran Canal project were to go forward, the river would be dredged as a shipping lane for cargo ships to pass from the Caribbean to the Pacific, removing farmer and indigineous communties. June 15, 2016, RAAS, Nicaragua.