Peru’s Chancay Conundrum
The nation’s constitutional tribunal will decide whether the state should oversee operations at the country’s largest port. The relationship with China is also at stake.
When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Lima last month, the official agenda focused on security cooperation, Peru’s entry into the U.S.-led “Shield of the Americas” alliance, and bilateral relations with President Keiko Fujimori. However, in the strategic realm, the shadow of China’s influence over the port of Chancay loomed large, and with it, the question of whether Washington could apply in Peru the same pressure it used earlier this year to dislodge Chinese-linked port operators from the Panama Canal. At a joint press conference with Rubio, Fujimori...
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