Gustavo Petro, president of Colombiahe accused Peru of irregularly possessing the territory of Santa Rosa Island (Loreto). According to the president, this place would correspond to his nation. He DINA BOLUARTE GOVERNMENT He rejected this claim and assured that the island does belong to its sovereignty.
The internationalist and teacher PUCP, Óscar Vidarte, supported the government’s position and explained that the Solomon -Lozano Treaty of 1922 and the exchange protocol (1934) left the border issue between the two countries settled. Therefore, Santa Rosa, part of Chinería Island, has been part of Peru for decades And so the current agreements recognize it.
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In that sense, he clarified that “there is no active border conflict”, since “borders have been defined since 1934”. Instead, the specialist considers that it is a political act by Petro in order to improve his image inside his country. “This is more a political gesture than a concrete threat,” said Vidarte, cited in a PUCP publication in X.
“What Petro said does not have a real legal basis. There is a clear political intention to strengthen its internal image showing a defense of the territory,” he added.
He stressed that although it is not a “real threat or formal ignorance of the treaty”, it is a “speech that can alter public perception if it is not deactivated in time.”
Especially, they could generate problems for the citizens of Santa Rosa Island, since it is a border place in which the “daily dynamics depend on mutual understanding.”
“These statements do not help the relationship between the two countries or the Amazon integration process,” he explained.
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Peru responds to Petro and rejects accusationPolicy05 Aug 2025 | 18:14 h
Santa Rosa belongs to Peru: specialists agree that Gustavo Petro uses conflict to divert attention
Specialists highlighted the sovereignty of Peru in the creation of the district ofSanta Rosa de Loreto,Based on Solomon Lozano (1922) and the Rio de Janeiro protocol (1934). In addition, they warn that the presidentGustavo PetroIt would seek an exit to the political crisis that lives in Colombia.
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Gustavo Petro accused Peru of taking part in his territory, but Government rejected his statements. Photo: Composition/LRJosué Chávez Cardoza
The president ofColombia,Gustavo Petrohe accusedPeruof, allegedly, appropriate part of its territory in the Amazon of your country and to violate theRio de Janeiro protocolwhich sets the binational borders followed to the Amazon River. The accusations of the Colombian president are based on the creation of the district ofSanta RosaDe Loreto, in the province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla, in July of this year.
However, specialists interviewed byThe Republicwarned that the complaint ofPetroIt is used to divert the attention of Colombian citizenship because of the political crisis he faces in his country amid conflicts with the opposition and resignations in his ministerial cabinet. They also assured thatSanta RosaIt belongs to Peru after claiming international treaties between both countries asSolomon Lozano(1922) and theRio de Janeiro protocol(1934).
“(Santa Rosa) No (it belongs to Colombia), it is absolutely false. I do not know why he (Gustavo Petro) insists or is trying to shine that the territory of the island, where Peru, in use of his sovereignty, has just created a district (Santa Rosa), says that this is Colombian territory, that is absolutely false. (…) It was very clear and sitting that the territory of the island of Santa Rosa belongs to Peru. The constitutional and internationalist lawyer Reynaldo López said.
Santa Rosa belongs to Peru: Petro accuses to divert attention
In dialogue withThe Republic,López VeraHe emphasized that the creation of the district ofSanta Rosaapproved and promulgated by theCongressand theGovernmentit belongs to Peru due to the international treaties signed between the two countries. Along the same lines, López mentioned that Petro tries to divert attention for his disapproval inColombiaand the political crisis he faces.
“I think there are two things behind. The first is the low approval it has in his country and is trying to divert attention. Second, and the most serious reason is that it is known that in that area, where unfortunately the Peruvian state has not had much presence, there is much Colombian drug trafficking operability. So as the Peruvian state in use of its sovereignty, it has just taken possession of that territory -as it must always be as it must The alarms are worried and lit, “he said.
