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A man walks past the Mexican embassy in Lima, after Peru broke off diplomatic relations with Mexico, following former Prime Minister Betssy Chavez’s decision to seek asylum there, in Peru, November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Gerardo Marin
Peru has severed diplomatic relations with Mexico after Mexican authorities granted asylum to former Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chávez
Speeding over to a muddy bank of Peru's Madre de Dios river in a motorboat, Karina Garay pointed to a small wooden structure.
Lima denounced the decision to grant Betssy Chávez, an alleged co-author of an attempted coup, as an "unfriendly act".
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Peru cuts ties with Mexico over asylum for ex-prime minister
“Today we learned with surprise and deep regret that Betssy Chavez, the alleged co-author of the coup attempt by former President Pedro Castillo, is being granted asylum at the Mexican Embassy residence in Peru,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo de Zela told a news conference.
For years, Juan Asin earned a decent living as a tour guide - trekking the ancient Inca trails and valleys around the Peruvian tourist hub of Cusco and the world-renowned archeological site of Machu Picchu.
When severe drought forced the residents of Caral to evacuate their city some 4,200 years ago, they adapted to new climate conditions and built new settlements, The Guardian reports. Located in north-central coastal Peru,
Insight into what Peru's second-largest city may be missing in its efforts to track rabies could provide insight to the rest of the world on a disease that still kills 70,000 people per year. A team led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that efforts to track dog-related rabies in poorer areas were lacking even though more dogs were found to have the disease there than in wealthier neighborhoods.
Peru's mining districts overwhelmingly favored socialist candidate Pedro Castillo, who has pledged to sharply hike taxes on mining firms in the Andean nation, the world's no. 2 copper producer. Many major current mines and planned projects are in the country's south, dominated by Castillo.
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