“ According to Reuters, Peru has decided to break diplomatic relations with Mexico, which granted asylum to former Prime Minister Betsy Chavez. Source: Reuters citing Peruvian Foreign Minister Hugo de Sela Details: Sela told reporters that Peruvian officials learned on November 3 that former Prime Minister Chavez, who worked under President Pedro Castillo, was being granted asylum at the residence of the Mexican embassy in Peru. De Cela’s direct speech: “In response to this unfriendly act and in view of the repeated cases of interference by the current and former presidents of this country in the internal affairs of Peru, the Peruvian government today decided to break diplomatic relations with Mexico.” Details: The publication notes that the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to an inquiry on this matter. Reuters recalls that Chávez was indicted for her alleged complicity in Castillo’s attempt to dissolve Congress at the end of 2022. Castillo was removed from his post and remains under arrest. Chavez had been in custody since June 2023, but a judge released her pending trial in September. Her lawyer told a local radio station that he had not heard from his client for several days and did not know if she had applied for asylum.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, photo: Agencias Source: Reuters with reference to Peru’s Foreign Minister Hugo de Sela
Details: Sela told reporters that Peruvian officials learned on November 3 that former premier Chavez, who worked under President Pedro Castillo, was being granted asylum at the residence of the Mexican embassy in Peru.
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Direct speech de Sela: “In response to this unfriendly act and in view of the repeated cases of interference by the current and former presidents of this country in the internal affairs of Peru, the Peruvian government today decided to break diplomatic relations with Mexico.”
Details: The publication notes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico did not respond to an inquiry on this issue.
Reuters recalls that Chávez was indicted for her alleged complicity in Castillo’s attempt to dissolve Congress at the end of 2022. Castillo was removed from his post and remains under arrest.
Chavez had been in custody since June 2023, but a judge released her pending trial in September.
Her lawyer told a local radio station that he had not heard from his client for several days and did not know if she had applied for asylum.