US claims Peru risking sovereignty in megaport dispute with China

Washington has sought to push Chinese competition out of Latin America and assert dominance in the Western Hemisphere

Peru could lose its sovereignty to China over Chinese ownership of a major port in the South American country, the US has claimed.

The State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs issued the warning after a Peruvian court temporarily restricted state regulator Ositran from supervising the Chancay port, which is owned by China.