Overview
- ODEBO confirmed the opening for Saturday at 7 p.m. at Fortaleza Real Felipe in Callao, a two-and-a-half-hour ceremony with 17 delegations and no public attendance details yet.
- Competitions run from November 22 to December 7 with more than 4,000 athletes from 17 countries across 45 sports and 70 disciplines.
- Most events were shifted to Lima and Callao due to infrastructure limitations in Ayacucho, which will host only five disciplines at designated venues.
- Team Perú received the national flag, with sailor Stefano Peschiera and fencer María Luisa Doig named flagbearers, and Peschiera urged coherence between government commitments and execution under the transitional administration.
- Peru fields a 642-athlete delegation as President Jerí thanked ODEBO for its trust and emphasized the Games’ role in fostering regional unity.