US EditionColombia Accuses Peru of Fully Annexing a Disputed Island in the Amazon River
COLOMBIA, AUG 5 – Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses Peru of violating a historic treaty by annexing Santa Rosa Island, threatening Leticia's commercial access to the Amazon River, with 3,000 residents affected.
- On Tuesday, President Gustavo Petro accused the Peruvian government of seizing Colombian territory in the Amazon, violating the Rio de Janeiro Protocol.
- Long ago, Colombia has long maintained that Santa Rosa Island emerged after the Rio de Janeiro Protocol and wasn’t subject to it.
- Almost 60,000 residents in Leticia could lose their commercial lifeline if Peru seizes Santa Rosa Island, home to about 3,000 residents, Colombia warns.
- Responding to Petro’s accusations, the Peruvian government said it will first resort to diplomatic steps to defend national sovereignty and filed a protest with Colombia’s charge d’affaires in Lima.
- On Thursday, officials will debate the dispute during the National Army Day celebration in Leticia, as Colombia requests the reactivation of Comperif to determine island sovereignty.
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By Jimena De La Quintana The Peruvian government expressed this Tuesday “its firmest and most energetic protest” following the statement made hours earlier by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who accused Peru of seizing Colombian territory in the Amazon in violation of the Rio de Janeiro Protocol. The response from the Peruvian Foreign Ministry came a few hours after the statements by the Colombian president and the Peruvian foreign ministry, …
An old territorial dispute between Colombia and Peru in the Amazon River has escalated this Tuesday and seems about to explode. Behind are Bogotá’s protest notes about the creation a few weeks ago of a Peruvian district on the island of Santa Rosa, a formation of land that emerged after the bordering deals of a century ago. President Gustavo Petro has taken part in the issue and has accused the neighboring country of “covering a territory” that,…
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Bogota, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, rejected the occupation by the Peruvian government of a territory that he claims belongs to his country which, according to him, violates Rio de Janeiro Protocol signed between the two nations. In his account on the social network X, the president disclosed that for that reason the commemoration of the 206th Anniversary of the Battle of Boyaca will be held in the city of Let…
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