{
  "id": 19705148,
  "title": "US invests in Peru’s Callao as port battle with China’s Chancay megaport continues",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/us-invests-in-perus-callao-as-port-battle-with-chinas-chancay",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T20:42:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3374267/us-invests-perus-callao-port-battle-chinas-chancay-megaport-continues"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}