Peru signs pact providing Bolivia access to Pacific

President Alan Garcia signed on Tuesday a pact with his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales that will give the landlocked South American nation access to port facilities located in Peru’s southern coast. The agreement, which is valid for 99 years, will provide Bolivia with a tax-free maritime zone in Peru’s Ilo port, daily La Republica reported. [...]

Peru, Bolivia gov’t officials meet ahead of presidential talks

Peru’s Foreign Relations Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde and Defense Minister Jaime Thorne met on Monday with their Bolivian counterparts ahead of a meeting between the presidents of the two Andean countries, state news agency Andina reported. During the meeting between the Peruvian and Bolivian ministers, the governments agreed to work towards a common agenda [...]

García: Peru will not be an obstacle to the resolution of Chile and Bolivia’s century-old “outlet to sea” dispute

Bolivia and Chile could finally have reached an agreement to resolve their century-old “outlet to sea” dispute, and Peru will not be an obstacle to the peaceful resolution of this quarrel, said Peru President Alan García on Sunday. “It seems that an agreement has been reached,” said García in comments to Chilean daily La Tercera. [...]

Peru government has played no part in Bolivian letter bomb attacks, ambassador says

Days after Bolivian President Evo Morales said that the Bolivian right recently started hiring Peruvian mercenaries to stage attacks to destabilize his government, Bolivia’s ambassador to Lima, Franz Solano, said that there was no proof to support Morales’ accusations. “We’re not blaming the Peruvian government,” said Solano. “We’re only talking about individual anti-social elements, or [...]

Bolivian Foreign Affairs Minister: we seek to improve our bilateral relationship with Peru

Bolivian Foreign Affairs Minister David Choquehuanca said that he is to meet privately with his Peruvian counterpart José Antonio García Belaunde this week during the Mercosur presidential summit in Paraguay, in hopes of “improving bilateral relations with Peru.” “We are more than willing to improve bilateral relations with Peru,” said Choquehuanca, days after García told [...]

Peru’s García: Evo Morales’ comments are nothing short of bar-room shouts

Evo Morales’ “bar-room shouts” don’t deserve attention or a response, said Peru President Alan García on Saturday, just days after his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales called him “one of the world’s worst presidents.” “I understand the limitations some people have, each person is shaped according to his education, his level, his scope,” said García, clearly [...]

Indigenous leader Alberto Pizango granted safe passage from Peru to Nicaragua

The Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango boarded a flight Wednesday to Nicaragua, where he has been granted asylum. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs granted a letter of safe-conduct to Pizango, a Shawi Indian and former president of Peru’s Interethnic Association for the Development of Peru’s Jungle, Aidesep. But, according to Foreign Affairs Minister José Antonio [...]

Peru grants asylum to former Bolivian Ministers, Morales launches verbal assault against García

Another round of verbal joust kicked off between Peru President Alan García and his Bolivian counterpart on Sunday, when the latter called García “vulgar” for granting asylum to three former Bolivian ministers indicted for the violent death of 63 civilians during Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada’s presidency. “We believe that both asylum and refugee status could [...]