US EditionWhy Is Colombia Rehashing a Decades-Old Border Dispute with Peru? - Latin America Reports
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By CNN en Español Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte have escalated tensions in recent hours over the small island of Santa Rosa, located in the Amazon River and at the center of a dispute between the two governments. The dispute—in which Peru and Colombia claim sovereignty over Santa Rosa—reached a fever pitch on Thursday, when both leaders issued statements regarding the island.
By CNN en Español Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte have escalated tensions in recent hours over the small island of Santa Rosa, located in the Amazon River and at the center of a dispute between the two governments. The dispute—in which Peru and Colombia claim sovereignty over Santa Rosa—reached a fever pitch on Thursday, when both leaders issued statements regarding the island.
Santa Rosa, the island that has unleashed the conflict between Peru and Colombia, dawned this Thursday with the hoisted white flag and a large military contingent. Eduardo Arana, the prime minister, and part of his cabinet visited the district, located in the jungle region of Loreto, in the far northeastern part of the country. While the Colombian president Gustavo Petro did not know the sovereignty of Peru over this small territory, bathed by t…
The Peruvian president responded to Gustavo Petro's statements and reiterated that the island is under the jurisdiction of her country
In recent days, Colombian politics has been marked by a surprising diplomatic escalation between Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia, and Peru, following Petro's claim to the sovereignty of the island of Santa Rosa in the Amazon River—a territory historically recognized as Peruvian and situated on the triple border between Peru, Colombia and Brazil.The origin of the tension The controversy arose when Petro moved the commemoration of the Battle …
The territorial dispute between Colombia and Peru escalates in the early days of August 2025, after Colombian President Gustavo Petro declares that Colombia does not recognize Peruvian sovereignty over the so-called Santa Rosa island in the Amazon River, and accuses Lima of having made unilateral decisions by formalizing that jurisdiction.
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