Overview
- José Antonio Kast met President José Jerí at Peru’s Government Palace on January 7 to explore a regional humanitarian corridor for voluntary returns of Venezuelan migrants.
- No formal agreements were announced, with both sides describing the engagement as high-level planning on migration management, policing cooperation and border security.
- Kast opened the day with a closed-door business breakfast organized by Peru’s Foreign Ministry and the Comex business group to reinforce trade and investment ties.
- The Lima stop follows Kast’s recent visits to Argentina and Ecuador as he promotes stricter migration enforcement, including a campaign pledge to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants.
- The talks unfolded after reports of a U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured Nicolás Maduro, a development both leaders publicly praised in recent days.