Colombia and Peru start sending military the dispute on the Amazon River

Colombian President contradicts statement. Last week, Gustavo Petro said “not recognizing Peru’s sovereignty” about recent statements on a visit to the region and said the South American neighbor violates border treated. “Islands north of the current deepest line, and the government of Peru has just appropriated them through a law, besides installing the capital of a municipality on a land that, according to the treaty, belongs to Colombia,” he wrote at X.

Historical dispute

Island is due to changes in the Amazon River bed. The border between the two countries at the site was defined in 1922, when Colombia and Peru traced agreements in the so-called Treaty of Solomón-Lozano. The formation of the island of Santa Rosa emerged after the agreement, in the second half of the last century, due to natural changes.

Island has Brazilian, Peruvian and Colombian inhabitants. The island has three thousand inhabitants of the three nationalities.

Petro marks territory. Seeking to reinforce the contradiction with Peru in the dispute, the Colombian president said he would transfer the celebration of the Battle of Boyacá, an important dispute of the country’s independence against Spain, to Leticia, Colombian city near the island last week.

Trade in the region is intense. Both economies get financial advantages over the site because they have commercial and transportation ports.