Overview
- Mexico confirms it granted Chávez political asylum, notified Peru by diplomatic note and asked for a salvoconducto to let her depart.
- President José Jerí says Cancillería will deliver a technical opinion before his decision on the salvoconducto on Friday, Nov. 7.
- Peru’s courts kept her oral trial moving in absentia, rejected her lawyer’s late resignation and stopped short of declaring her contumacious, with a public defender to be appointed if necessary.
- Both governments say consular services and commercial channels remain, though embassy diplomatic attention has paused and processing is expected to slow.
- Mexico defends the asylum as lawful and humanitarian and calls Peru’s response disproportionate, while business and tourism voices warn of hits to travel, trade and the Pacific Alliance.