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Peru reviews safe passage to Mexico for former PM holed up at Mexican embassy
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's government will decide this week whether it should grant safe passage to Mexico to an opposition politician holed up at the Mexican embassy in Lima, the
By confirming that the government of Mexico will continue its humanist tradition of granting political asylum to people persecuted in other nations for political reasons, President Claudia Sheinbaum insisted that the breakdown of diplomatic relations decreed by the interim administration of Peru – due to the protection granted to former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez – “is out of proportion.”
A few months ago, Lula Da Silva’s government granted political asylum to former First Lady Nadine Heredia. The controversy was notorious, since the crimes charged are of a common and non-political nature, questioning the basis of asylum. However, Peru granted safe conduct, allowing him to continue his process at a distance, with samba music in the environment. Different is the fate of Betssy Chávez, former Prime Minister of Pedro Castillo, whom …
Reuters Lima. Peru will decide this week whether to grant a safe-conduct to a former Prime Minister who is assimilated at the Mexican embassy in Lima, while seeking to minimize possible effects on bilateral trade following the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the two countries for this case. Peru’s Foreign Minister, Hugo de Zela, assured Reuters Wednesday night that a team of jurists analyzed the case to have a “state decision” on a saf…
The Mexican government launched a procedure to grant asylum to the former first woman, who was the last head of Pedro Castillo's cabinet and is in the Mexican embassy in Lima.
The breakdown of diplomatic relations between Peru and Mexico, following the asylum granted to former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, marks one of the most tense episodes in the bilateral relationship. While Lima accuses Mexico of interference and non-compliance with diplomatic norms, the Mexican government maintains that it acted in accordance with international law and its tradition of asylum. However, retired Ambassador Agustín Gutiérrez Canet …
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