The United States has paid to design a port infrastructure programme at Callao, the US State Department said on Thursday, as Peru moves its main naval base to expand the country’s busiest port, which rivals a Chinese-controlled megaport less than 80km up the coast at Chancay.
The US$4.5 million payment was disclosed in a note on a trip to Peru and Colombia earlier this month by Thomas DiNanno, State Department undersecretary for arms control and international security, whose remit includes…
US invests in Peru’s Callao as port battle with China’s Chancay megaport continues
