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Scandal Tests Peru’s China Ties as US Scrutiny Intensifies

LIMA, Jan 27 - A scandal surrounding undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman by Peru's acting president has shone an unflattering spotlight on the key copper exporter's ties to China at a moment of heightened U.S. scrutiny of Beijing's footprint in the region.     Read more at straitstimes.com.

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By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO LIMA (AP) — A legislative request to vote on the dismissal of Peru's interim president José Jerí entered Parliament on Monday while the Andean country was in a political crisis triggered by the president's unknown meetings with a Chinese businessman who won a state bid to build a hydroelectric power plant. The request to remove Jerí for alleged “moral incapacity” was presented less than three months after the general election…

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A group of 27 MPs from the Peruvian left pushes a motion of leave against the moderated leader for his secret meetings with Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang Read

·Madrid, Spain
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The presidential candidate of Alliance for Progress (APP), César Acuña, said that President José Jerí did not heed the request of his political group to resign from office, after revealing the unregistered meetings with Chinese businessmen.

·Lima, Peru
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They allege 'permanent moral incapacity' for their clandestine meetings with a Chinese businessman, the scant security results and the privatization of Petro-Peru ...

They officially file motion for leave against José Jerí in CongressChaos en Ancón I! President José Jerí breaks into prison and fail to locate a defendant accused of directing extortionIf he is not cowed or censored, President José Jerí will have serious legal problems the same day he leaves his term. New evidence and evidence link him directly to Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang, whom he calls fondly ‘Uncle Johnny’. His situation worsens and he …

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EXITOSA NOTICIAS - NOTICIAS DEL PERU Y EL MUNDO broke the news in on Monday, January 26, 2026.
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