Pacific Alliance Rift: Chile Tries to Mend Ties Between Mexico and Peru
Caught in the political storm of Peru’s presidential transition, the regional group is being kept leaderless by Mexico’s refusal to pass the baton.
SANTIAGO - Chile is quietly pulling diplomatic strings to heal a political rift in the Pacific Alliance, the nuts-and-bolts platform of regional integration it shares with Mexico, Peru and Colombia. The group’s presidency follows a yearly rotation, and Peru should have followed Mexico’s. But after Dina Boluarte took office as president of Peru, Mexico’s leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador has refused to pass the post to her. President Gabriel Boric’s leftist administration seems well-positioned to make peace between the main antagonists. “We’re trying to be part of the...
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