A senior US lawmaker called on Peru's incoming government to reclaim the Chancay deepwater port, which she described as a military threat to the western hemisphere. The lawmaker stated that Washington would assist Peru in wresting the megaport from Chinese control.

A senior US lawmaker called on Peru’s next government to reclaim the Chinese-controlled port of Chancay, describing the deepwater facility as a direct military threat to the western hemisphere. Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, said during a hearing on Thursday that Washington would help Peru wrest the megaport from Chinese hands. “The new Peruvian government, which will be elected next June, must take it back, that...