US will help Peru ‘take back’ Chancay port from China, Congress chair says
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US will help Peru ‘take back’ Chancay port from China, Congress chair says

April 16, 2026
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A senior US lawmaker called on Peru’s next government to reclaim the Chinese-controlled port of Chancay, describing the deepwater facility as a direct military threat to the western hemisphere. Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, said during a hearing on Thursday that Washington would help Peru wrest the megaport from Chinese hands.

US will help Peru ‘take back’ Chancay port from China, Congress chair says

“The new Peruvian government, which will be elected next June, must take it back, that...

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