Peru said today (January 24, 2011) that it has recognized Palestine as a free and sovereign state, thus joining a half-dozen other Latin American countries in making an endorsement, according to the Reuters website. Since last month, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Ecuador have recognized Palestine.
Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde did not specify if Peru recognized the Palestinian state along borders that existed before 1967.
Palestinian authorities are hoping for a diplomatic domino effect to back their claim for a state in all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israel disputes the Palestinian claim on all the West Bank and East Jerusalem -- land it captured from Jordan in a 1967 war.
Israel -- infuriated by Latin American countries' recognition of a Palestinian state -- considers the recognition to be "highly damaging interference" by countries that were never part of the Middle East peace process.
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