Weekly Report - 3 February 2004

The already tense relations between Chile and Peru, fueled by the media on both sides, took a turn for the worse when Chilean marines shot dead a man, presumed to be Peruvian, as he crossed the border and refused to obey the order to halt. This triggered charges of excessive use of force by both the Peruvian government and the Chilean congress, and an anti-Chilean demonstration by the ultranationalist Batallón Humala in Lima.