Bryan-Chamorro Treaty

Bryan-Chamorro Treaty
/bruy"euhn chah mawr"oh/
a treaty (1914) between the U.S. and Nicaragua by which the U.S. secured exclusive rights to build a canal across Nicaragua, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific.

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