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Residents burn tires at a blockade on the Pan-American highway during the groundbreaking day of the $50 billion transoceanic waterway construction project predicted to rival the Panama Canal, in Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, Dec. 22. 2014. The groundbreaking marked the start of some ancillary projects in Brito, a city about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Nicaragua’s Pacific coast where the first port will be built. Officials say the canal will be fully operational by 2019.(AP Photo/ La Prensa, Oscar Navarrete)