The Cuban ambassador to Peru is the
highest diplomatic representative of the
Republic of Cuba to the
Republic of Peru.
Peru and
Cuba formally established relations in 1902.
Peru had previously recognised and assisted Cuban independence through an official government decree issued on August 13, 1869, during the
Ten Years' War, and with ambassador to the U.S.
Manuel de Freyre y Santander
Manuel de Freyre y Santander (29 November 1872 – 1 April 1944) was a Peruvian diplomat. He was Ambassador of Peru to the United States from 1930 to 1944 and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom, Argentina, Colombia, China and Japa ...
successfully embargoing 30 gunboats that Spain had built to blockade the island, constantly maintaining a posture in favour of the country's separation from the
Spanish Empire prior to its formal independence in 1902.
After the
Cuban Revolution, relations continued, but their troubled nature led to Peru to sever diplomatic relationships on December 30, 1960.
[ After the establishment of ]Juan Velasco Alvarado
Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16, 1910 – December 24, 1977) was a Peruvian general who served as the President of Peru after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency in 1968. Under his presidency, nationalism ...
's Revolutionary Government, Peru reestablished its relations with Cuba on 8 July 1972, which have remained since.[
]
List of representatives
See also
* List of ambassadors of Peru to Cuba
References
{{Ambassadors to Peru
Peru
Cuba