President Garcia silences army chief in diplomatic spat with Chile

Peru’s President Alan Garcia has asked his country’s army chief, Gen. Edwin Donayre, to remain silent in a diplomatic spat with Chile, triggered by a YouTube video of the general making anti-Chilean comments during a private cocktail party — and then reignited when he later reneged on his apology. “In spite of news brought to [...]

Diplomatic ripple over Peruvian general’s YouTube toast to removing Chileans from the country in boxes or plastic bags

The glow from the APEC Summit success wore off quickly on Tuesday after a video emerged of Gen. Edwin Donayre, commander in chief of Peru’s Army, making a jingoistic toast at a military cocktail party to removing Chileans from Peru “in a box, or if there aren’t sufficient boxes available, then in plastic bags.” While [...]

Peru’s former foreign minister suggests non-aggression pact with Chile

Former Peruvian Foreign Minister Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros proposed Friday that Peru seek a non-aggression pact with Chile in the face an alarming spike in that country’s arms purchases and tensions over the two nations’ disputed maritime border. “A treaty of this kind would give all of use peace and tranquility and it would be the [...]

RPP: Chile to return books, documents and manuscripts sacked during War of the Pacific

The Chilean government plans to return to Peru more than 100 books, documents and manuscripts taken during the 1879-1883 War of the Pacific, when Chilean forces sacked the Peruvian capital of Lima, Radio Programas reported Wednesday. Ambassador Martín Irigoyen, undersecretary of foreign cultural policy in Peru’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said President Michelle Bachelet’s government has [...]

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