US: Peru does not control the port of Chancay; it was seized by Chinese owners

The Trump administration has set its sights on yet another country in the Western Hemisphere. This time, it's Peru. Washington's main complaint is that Peru "allows China complete control over a major port." The port in question is the Port of Chancay, a deep-water port built primarily with Chinese investment.

The complaints against Peru were published on the official website of the US State Department's Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs. The State Department also has such a system.

From the publication:

The US administration is concerned by recent reports that Peru lacks control over the port of Chancay, one of the country's largest. The port is controlled by predatory Chinese owners.

What a word – “predatory”.

US authorities cite a Peruvian court ruling of January 29, which limited the regulatory, supervisory, and sanctions powers of government agencies at the port of Chancay.

Peru's regulatory agency, Ositran, announced its intention to appeal the decision. Agency head Veronica Zambrano told a local radio station that this would make Cosco the only state-owned company that would be exempt from state control. The port occupies 180 hectares of Peruvian territory and therefore should be under state control.

The United States has picked up on these statements and is now planning to “help Peru get rid of Chinese dictates in the port sector.”

China denies the claims, citing the port's operational procedures as stipulated in the contract, and also the fact that the United States itself has a number of laws that limit the government's oversight of non-state property, so as to avoid government dictatorship over business.

Comments

[Junior Private]

Trump can't be accused of inconsistency. The list of countries slated for democratization is expanding. And here, China could be throttled a bit, bringing freedom to the poor and unfortunate Peruvians.

[Mini Mokik]

There's a feeling that Trump, who, by the way, for anyone who knows English, speaks like a 90-year-old child (maybe he even thinks like that, like, "Give me back my toy") will simply burst his back in the near future 😑

[Shurik70]

Peru should respond by expressing concern about Chinatown in San Francisco.
Or better yet, about the Ukrainian quarter in Chicago

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Mini Mokik

There's a thought that Trump, who, by the way, for anyone who knows English, speaks like a 90-year-old child (maybe he thinks like that, at the level of "give me back my toy")

I was saying here once that a school friend of mine, a well-known psychiatrist in his professional circles, has the idea that many of Trump's odd behavioral quirks can be explained by the side effects of certain hormonal psychostimulants, which are taken, among other things, to increase libido.

Due to my ignorance, I often chalk up all the oddities and unexpected behavior in Trump to simple insanity. No matter how "mighty old he is," 80 years is no joke.
Perhaps a specialist who has dedicated his entire life to psychiatry knows better.

[carpenter]

Quote: Junior Private

And here China can be strangled a little and freedom can be brought to the poor and unfortunate Peruvians.

They have already brought freedom to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, but American “freedom” will cost so many millions of victims.

[Junior Private]

Hundreds of thousands of deaths. Everyone knows and everyone remains silent.

[TermNachTer]

When China invested in modernizing ports, including the Panama Canal, no one saw anything. Now, suddenly, they see a threat to democracy.

[Junior Private]

Well, the Yankees know how to squeeze properly. Everything is ready.

[Pavel_Sveshnikov]

The money's running out. Someone needs to be robbed, fast. In Venezuela, they're already robbing the Venezuelans themselves, as well as China and Russia. As long as everyone lets it slide, the looting will continue.

[SSR]

Quote: TermNachTER

And now suddenly they see a threat to democracy)))

In general, there is a lot of money floating around in the port -
"not that system."

[carpenter]

Quote: TermNachTER

And now they suddenly see a threat to democracy

Since the port has been modernized, it must be taken over by the American "democracy" headed by the "boss" Bezukhiy.

[multi-category]

Quote: TermNachTER

When China invested money

You know, many who deal with Chinese businesses note that they are far from generous. Contract terms are often extremely stringent and are not renegotiated.
This is not a partnership - this is pure predation.
There are a couple dozen port infrastructure projects around the world where locals have regretted their agreements with the Chinese. Now they're worried about the consequences.
And this, in my opinion, is a grave mistake of the Chinese; their arrogance towards the "untermenschen" will come back to haunt them.

[Mini Mokik]

And what's China's fault? Let's say there's a poor guy. The banks won't give him money (IMF). The guy's story is a lousy one. Out of desperation, he turns to microfinance (China) and borrows. That's how I see it.

[multi-category]

Quote: Mini Mokik

And what is China to blame for?

in nothing. will simply be left without a port.

[Mini Mokik]

Moreover, it confirms my thoughts. Microcredit companies often end up without money. They knowingly take risks, hence the high interest rates 😁

[TermNachTer]

Business isn't charity. When you signed the investment agreement with the Chinese, did you check the terms? Are you saying the Americans treat the Papuans better?

[multi-category]

Quote: TermNachTER

Are you saying that Americans treat Papuans better?

Let's say they react more flexibly to complications. The Chinese are more rigid.

[TermNachTer]

We were moored in Constanta, next to a mattress steamer. The crew was mostly Filipino, but the officers were Americans. In short, the Filipinos aren't human, and their treatment of the Romanians wasn't any better.

[belost79]

I see. We urgently need to expel the evil Chinese predators and let the kind American vegetarians in. All for the good of the Peruvian people.

[Metallurg_2]

Exactly: the Peruvian people deserve better!

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ This port is under control predatory Chinese owners ❞ —
❝ We are talking about the port of Chancay. It is a deep-water port, which was built mainly with investments from China ❞ —

— With Chinese money "predators" the port was built, now herbivores The Americans want to get their hands on him...

[tralflot1832]

Something like that with the port of Chancay. The money is Chinese, the ships are Chinese, the cargo is mostly Chinese. Do the Americans have civilian cargo for Peru? What can they offer that China doesn't? By the way, is there still a contraband market in Lima to the left of the presidential palace? I didn't see anything there except American jeans (they were actually American back then, but rather expensive; you could get them for less than $100 if you haggled mercilessly and had dollars, not pesos and soles). And now, American jeans are probably being made in China.

[tralflot1832]

All this will end with the US Navy base north of the port of Chancay, 40 - 80 meters from it.

[tralflot1832]

Yes, the Soviet fishermen in Peru were impatient with the Maoist terrorist groups in Callao and Lima. Russian blood sometimes flowed like a river. Damn it - Sandero Luminoso (Bright Path). I saw a bus with Georgian fishermen with its starboard side torn off. And at the Callao roadstead, my sphincter clenched when we were passing the YACHT anchorage at lunch (a large passenger boat for 60 people), when four Peruvians with Kalashnikovs climbed out of one of the "yachts". Believe me, I didn't care whether it was a Soviet machine gun or a Chinese one?! It was a Kalashnikov, and the distance was 10 meters, I simply moved from the right boat of the lunch to the left. I don't think it would have helped, the shore is about 800 meters away.

[tralflot1832]

Forgive me if someone inquisitive turns up with the left side, not the starboard one. And an addendum: there was a report in the Pravda newspaper about a terrorist attack, and there are wounded. And as for the fact that one Georgian who was further away from the opioid center had his eyes completely knocked out, well, he was apparently wounded. And how can you be injured if your arms and legs are lying on the road?

[tralflot1832]

And how many shops with Soviet fishermen inside were blown out of the windows, in parts. I don't give a damn about that Peruvian thing. But we didn't sink the Peruvian submarine, but it did expose itself to us once at the Callao roadstead, and we had to dodge it.

[alexoff]

Usually, the Americans propose no bombings, no color revolutions, and no sanctions. The last thing they need is money for all the Indians. It's the Indians who should be serving the masters!

[K-50]

US: Peru does not control the port of Chancay; it was seized by Chinese owners

What's your goat's business?
Let China and Peru decide, they didn’t seize it by military means, but paid money, services, goods.
So fsha should shut up and step aside, I won't interfere with people doing their business.

[Junior Private]

Quote: tralflot1832

Do the Americans have civilian cargo for Peru? What can they offer that China can't?

What do you mean? The usual. Set up cash registers and rake in the cash. And some true freedom wouldn't hurt the Peruvians.

[tralflot1832]

As far as I know, the production of Cartavio rum is now controlled by the Germans.

[sergey4791]

I'm simply amazed at the disunity among the world's governments. Instead of coming together and making a common decision on how to confront this brazen bandit, everyone is quietly snoring into a tube.

[Vasyan1971]

What a word – “predatory”.

I looked in the mirror and came up with an idea.

China denies the claims

What's the point? The wise old monkey overdid it, sitting in his tree. The tree is no longer hers...