US EditionColombia Accuses Peru of “Appropriating” an Island on the Amazonas River – The Observatorial
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A new diplomatic dispute has arisen between Colombia and Peru over the sovereignty of Santa Rosa de Yavarí Island, located in the Amazon region of Loreto. On Wednesday, the Peruvian Army moved to the territory in question to install national flags and reaffirm its presence, after President Gustavo Petro accused Lima of “coping” a space that, he claims, belongs to Colombia. According to La República newspaper, the Peruvian Armed Forces, accompani…
“The government of Peru has taken over a territory that is from Colombia,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro published on social networks.
BOGOTÁ.- The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, accused the Peruvian government on Tuesday of occupying in the Amazon a territory that is part of Colombia, fueling an old border dispute that was resolved in the last century with a bilateral treaty.Petro made these statements by announcing the transfer of the commemoration of the Battle of Boyacá, one of the founding episodes of independence, to the city of Leticia, and thus reopened a territori…
"Not a millimeter of Colombian territory has been touched," they responded from the Peruvian Foreign Ministry.
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, reiterated on Wednesday that Peru violated the treaty of Rio de Janeiro by annexing a territory that, he said, belongs to his country. That is why he announced that they could go to "international law" if the Peruvian State refuses to dialogue in the corresponding instances. Petro's questioning refers to Chinería Island, located in the district of Santa Rosa de Loreto, in the province of Mariscal Ramón C…
The Minister of the Interior, Armando Benedetti, spoke to the media about the decision of President Gustavo Petro to take the commemoration of August 7 to Leticia, Amazonas. The reason is the border dispute with Peru: a fight for the island of Santa Rosa de Yacarí, near Loreto, in Peru, which comes from July 2024, “Islands that are north of the current deepest line have appeared, and the government of Peru has just appropriated them by law and p…
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