Peru v. Yale

By greenawakening

  • President Alejandro Toledo threatens suit (in Connecticut)

  • Alan Garcia becomes President

  • Peru and Yale claim consensus over new agreement

    Parties sign a memorandum of understanding in New Haven. Yale agrees to acknowledge Peru's title to all artifacts and return some (almost all of the best) pieces over the following few years. A provision stipulates that some artifacts would remain at Yale for up to 99 years [longer}. Signees include former Minister of Health, Hernan Garrido-Lecca.

  • New York Times publishes Toledo's wife's Op-Ed

    Eliane Karp-Toledo criticizes new agreement and calls President Garcia "hostile to indigenous matters".

  • Peruvian report counts 46,332 objects (5,728 lots) in Yale collection

    reported by Garrido-Lecca

  • Peru threatens litigation

    requests ALL objects back at once; indicates it would then decide which objects to ship back to Yale for further study

  • National Geographic says Yale has no right to keep the objects

    Terry Garcia, Exec. VP of National Geographic Society, travels to Peru and makes the statement.

  • Yale and Peru officials meet in NYC for negotiations

    Meeting is held at the Peruvian consulate. Garrido-Lecca NOT present supposedly due to medical-industry strike. Meeting yields no results to speak of.

  • Yale retains Enrique Ghersi (Lima) for legal counsel

  • Peru and Yale meet in NYC again

    Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde, the Peruvian foreign minister, attends. Garrido-Lecca is, once again, absent.

  • Peru's cabinet resigns; Garrido-Lecca forced out as Minister of Health

    Cabinet resigns amid bribery scandal over energy contracts. Jose Antonio Garcia Belaude remains as Foreign Minister and is put in charge of Yale negotiations.

  • Peru's Council of Ministers approves (in principal) the filing of a lawsuit

    Foreign Minister, Belaude, replaced as chief negotiator by new Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, Jorge Villasante after less than one month on the Peru-Yale issue.

  • Peru announces it would file suit in Cuzco if it were to sue

  • Peru files suit against Yale

    Peru files official complaint in District Court for the Disctrict of Columbia

  • Yale files motion to dimiss

    Motion to dismiss filed for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue.

  • Peru files motion for Extension of Time to respond to Yale's Motion to Dismiss

    Extension time up to, and including, April 20th