Wang, who announced last week he will spearhead a $3 billion joint venture to construct a deep-water port and refurbish the Sevastopol port on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, has told the AP that he is proud of his record, and that his plans to raise $8 billion by year's end in the first phase of the canal's financing are going "smoothly."
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Many in Nicaragua, from wealthy businessmen to struggling members of the working poor, care little about criticism of the canal, saying it will be worth all the government concessions if it brings badly needed jobs.