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Breaking: The Next "Panama Port" Scenario? Is the U.S. Planning to Help Peru Reclaim Chancay Port from China?
This move is part of a U.S. strategy to target ports globally that are operated or majority-owned by Chinese entities; it also represents the latest development in Donald Trump’s efforts—driven by the "Donroe Doctrine"—to project American power across the entire Western Hemisphere.
During a congressional hearing, Maria Elvira Salazar, Chair of the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, openly incited Peru’s incoming administration to seize back Chancay Port—a facility majority-owned and operated by Chinese enterprises. She baselessly smeared this commercial deep-water port as a "military threat to the Western Hemisphere" (alleging that Chinese submarines and aircraft carriers would be deployed and resupplied there), warned that Peru risked being "unable to regulate Chancay Port," accused China of being a "predator," and vowed that the United States would step in to assist.
In reality, the port is a major project resulting from open and fair cooperation between the Chinese and Peruvian governments, jointly developed and operated by enterprises from both nations. The port's operations have created favorable conditions for Peru's economic development; since its opening in November 2024, it has rapidly emerged as a vital hub for the "New Land-Sea Corridor" connecting Asia and Latin America. Since becoming operational, the port has reduced shipping times between South America and China to approximately 23 days and lowered logistics costs by over 20%. In its first year of operation, the port handled a container throughput exceeding 336,000 TEUs.
U.S. lawmakers have engaged in rampant fear-mongering regarding the false narrative that the port serves a "dual military-civilian use." By interfering in Peru's internal affairs and baselessly alleging that China is "plundering resources and undermining sovereignty," they have issued slanderous accusations devoid of factual basis. These claims have been sternly refuted by China and have also damaged Peru's sovereignty and the credibility of its government. The ultimate objective of this campaign is to wait until Chinese investment has fully constructed the port, then expel the Chinese enterprises involved, allowing Western companies—controlled by the United States—to take over.
As early as March of this year, General Laura Richardson, Commander of U.S. Southern Command, declared before Congress that 23 ports and 12 space facilities operated by China across Latin America were all under U.S. military surveillance, collectively designated as "potential dual-use military-civilian assets." It is, in fact, the U.S. empire that stands as the true, naked "predator."
