Ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo's chief of staff Betssy Chávez. Photo: X/@JorgeZa79953991/file photo.
On August 7, Mexico and Peru restored diplomatic relations after they were suspended in December 2022 due to Mexico’s support for ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo.
This was announced in a statement made by the Mexican Foreign Ministry and reiterated by President Claudia Sheinbaum during her Friday morning press conference.
The federal president also said that Betssy Chávez, who served as president of the Council of Ministers during Castillo’s government, finally received the safe conduct that allowed her to leave the Mexican embassy in Lima. She arrived in Mexico this morning, where she will receive political asylum.
Sheinbaum explained that it was a “gesture of goodwill” by the new government of Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori, who took office on July 28.
“It is a dialogue that was undertaken with the new government of Peru several weeks ago. This was a request that we made. It is… an action of goodwill from the government of President Fujimori toward Mexico… With this, relations with Peru will be restored. We, as we have done, will continue to defend President Castillo for the reasons we have set forth; they know it, the new government of Peru knows it. But it is a step. And welcome, Betssy Chávez, to Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.
The rift between Mexico and Peru began after the controversial detention and imprisonment of then-President Pedro Castillo in December 2022, accused by Peru’s Congress of an alleged coup attempt, which he has consistently denied. Castillo was imprisoned in Peru, while Chávez had been sheltered at the Mexican embassy in Lima since November 2025.
The bilateral rupture reached the point that Peru’s Congress declared President Sheinbaum a “persona non grata” for receiving Chávez at the embassy. In fact, the Brazilian government has taken charge of safeguarding Mexico’s diplomatic mission in Lima in recent months.
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Mexico’s President Sheinbaum will continue to demand the release of Pedro Castillo and affirmed that, regardless of the political orientation of governments, it is important for Mexico to maintain relations with all countries in the world.
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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