A new Guyana road to Brazil's far northern border could open a faster Atlantic exit for Amazon grain and a trade route toward the Panama Canal.
Brazil · Trade
Key Facts
—The project. Guyana is paving the roughly 680km road linking its capital, Georgetown, to Lethem on the Brazilian border.
—The funder. The work is paid for by Guyana’s oil wealth, with one stretch built by a Brazilian contractor and Caribbean and British support.
—The prize. The corridor would give Brazil’s far north a new Atlantic exit, trimming the sea route to the Panama Canal by up to eight to ten days.
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