Overview
- Peru’s foreign minister Hugo de Zela presented the government’s case to the OAS Permanent Council on Dec. 3, challenging Mexico’s asylum for Betssy Chávez and proposing updates to the 1954 Caracas Convention while keeping any safe-conduct on hold.
- Betssy Chávez, sentenced to 11 years and 5 months for her role in Pedro Castillo’s failed coup, remains sheltered in Mexico’s embassy in Lima as Peru withholds authorization for her departure.
- Hugo de Zela’s Washington trip (Dec. 2–6) includes meetings with the OAS secretary general and a scheduled Dec. 5 session with the U.S. Secretary of State to discuss asylum and broader hemispheric issues.
- Peru’s Congress authorized President José Jerí to travel to Quito on Dec. 12 for the Presidential Meeting and XVI Binational Cabinet with Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa, allowing him to manage the Presidency remotely during his absence.
- In Mexico, tractor caravans of farmers rallied at the Chamber of Deputies to oppose water-law reforms that President Claudia Sheinbaum says will end privileges and ensure transparency, and in Argentina La Libertad Avanza secured the first minority with 95 seats in a tense swearing-in session.