In blunt warning, the U.S. says Peru could lose its sovereignty to China

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NPR/AP

Updated February 12, 2026 5:10 AM ET


LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday expressed concern that China was costing Peru its sovereignty in solidifying control over the South American nation's critical infrastructure, a blunt warning after a Peruvian court ruling restricted a local regulator's oversight of a Chinese-built mega port.

The $1.3 billion deepwater port in Chancay, north of Peru's capital of Lima, has become a symbol of China's foothold in Latin America and a lightning rod for tensions with Washington.

The U.S. State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs said on social media that it was "concerned about latest reports that Peru could be powerless to oversee Chancay, one of its largest ports, which is under the jurisdiction of predatory Chinese owners." It added: "We support Peru's sovereign right to oversee critical infrastructure in its own territory. Let this be a cautionary tale for the region and the world: cheap Chinese money costs sovereignty."

The concern comes as the Trump administration seeks to assert dominance over the Western Hemisphere, where China has long built influence through massive loans and high trade volumes. The Chinese government on Thursday strongly rejected the U.S. comments.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/12/g-s1-109738/u-s-says-peru-could-lose-sovereignty-to-china

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[UpInArms]

1. Pot

Kettle

[ChicagoTeamster]

2. Like Trump admin "concern" over the Panama canal zone.

When US was wasting money in Iraq and Afghanistan, Russia, China, and India were investing heavily in Africa and Latin America. Now Trump thinks we own the western hemisphere and warns these countries while threatening armed takeovers and mistreating and deporting their citizens from the US.

[BeyondGeography]

3. That port is a monument to Trump's trade war games

It was conceived during Trump I in no small part to make China less dependent on American soybeans and give it more flexibility in its dealings with the US. Worked like a charm since all they had to do to break him last year was cut off our soybean exports and ramp up imports from Brazil and Argentina shipped from this port.

[lapfog_1]

4. We support Peru's sovereign right to oversee critical infrastructure in its own territory.

all the rest is simply stupidity on the Trump Administrations part.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Says the group who has violated Venezuela's sovereignty and wants to invade Greenland.

[niyad]

9. And Canada, and Mexico.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. WTF. Bullies of the world; Drumpf, Xie and Vlad. Nations are being abused by predatory practices. n/t

[OC375]

7. Positioning for WWIII

T-minus 10... 9... until China and the US start funding and arming the inevitable "Get out US" and "Get out China" groups that will spring up. I'd be interested to see how much we are spending on Pacific and Gulf naval and coastal assets.

[Martin68]

8. Trump and his Republican supporters are too obsessed with his anti-immigrant and anti-Democrat agenda to

pay attention to important developments like this. US national security has taken second place to Trump's vendetta against Democrats and immigrants.

[LudwigPastorius]

10. "...cheap Chinese money costs sovereignty."

Says the country that has borrowed about a trillion dollars from China.

LOL