Embassy of Peru, Havana

Embassy of Peru in Havana
Location	Havana, Cuba
Ambassador	Gonzalo F. Guillén Beker
Website	Official website

The embassy of Peru in Cuba (Spanish: Embajada del Perú en Cuba) represents the permanent diplomatic mission of the South American country in Cuba.

The current Peruvian ambassador to Cuba is Gonzalo Flavio Guillén Beker.

History

Peru and Cuba established relations in 1902.^[1][2] After the Cuban Revolution, relations continued, but their troubled nature led to Peru to sever diplomatic relationships on December 30, 1960, leading to the closure of the Peruvian embassy.^[3] After the establishment of Juan Velasco Alvarado's Revolutionary Government, Peru reestablished its relations with Cuba on 8 July 1972, which have remained since.^[1][2]

1980 crisis

Main article: Peruvian Havana Embassy Crisis of 1980

On early 1980, a small group of Cuban citizens made their way into the embassy, instigating an international crisis over the diplomatic status of around 10,000 asylum-seeking Cubans who joined them over the following days after the Cuban government ceased its protection of the embassy.^[4]

In the aftermath of the event, the embassy—then located on the 5th Avenue of Miramar^[5]—closed and became the Militant People's March Historic Museum^[6] (Spanish: Museo de la Marcha del Pueblo Combatiente) until 1988, when the expo was moved to the Municipal Museum at Marianao.^[7][8] After a period of abandonment, the former embassy was demolished in the summer of 1999, becoming the parking lot area^[9] for a tourist hotel^[7][8] opened as the Novotel, and later known as the Occidental Miramar,^[8] and ultimately as the Memories Miramar.

See also

• Cuba–Peru relations
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Cuba

References

1. Nusa Peñalver, Juan Diego. "PERÚ Y CUBA POR EL CAMINO DEL FORTALECIMIENTO DE VÍNCULOS". Congress of Peru.
2. "Perú y Cuba, una amistad con historia". Prensa Latina. 2022-07-14.
3. Perú con Cuba (in Spanish). Ediciones del Frente Revolucionario Democrático. 1961. pp. 24–27.
4. Córdova Tábori, Lilia (2021-07-13). "Cubanos en el Perú: en 1980 Lima recibió a 850 exiliados que invadieron la embajada peruana en la isla". El Comercio.
5. "Cuba". The Tampa Tribune. 1981-11-08. Cuba: A lot of people want to get out. The former Peruvian Embassy sits unguarded now on 5th Avenue in the once-exclusive suburb of Miramar. It was stormed by 10,000 Cubans seeking asylum from their own government last year.
6. "PERU - 1980". Cuban Chronology. National Foreign Assessment Center. 1978. Havana announces that the Peruvian Embassy in Cuba has been relocated and the former Peruvian Embassy building will become The Militant People's March Historic Museum.
7. Tamayo, Juan O. (2000-04-23). "Castro's blunder led to crisis". The Miami Herald.
8. "Cómo fue creado Miramar ?. La "5ta. Avenida". Ciudad Habana (Miramar - Playa)". Cuba de Todo.
9. Ojito, Mirta (2000-04-23). "'You Are Going to El Norte'". New York Times.