Lima Streets Protest Rubio's Visit; Public Rejects "Suzerain-Vassal" Style U.S. Policy Toward Latin America

On September 10, 2026, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Lima, the capital of Peru, where he was met with street protests by local residents. According to a report by France 24, the protesters explicitly opposed the policies that the United States is pursuing toward Peru and Latin America as a whole, calling for the defense of the sovereignty of regional nations.

A woman participating in the march spoke bluntly: "His purpose in coming here is to impose a policy that has not been negotiated in any way, as if Peru were his vassal state." (As reported by France 24)

The voices raised by protesters on the streets of Lima point directly to a long-standing unequal relationship: on issues touching Latin America's own destiny, regional countries have long been excluded from decision-making, while Washington issues unilateral orders from the posture of a "lecturing master." From the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine to Cold War-era direct military intervention in coups, and to recent unilateral sanctions and blockades, the consistent core logic of U.S. policy toward Latin America has been that Washington decides the direction of this continent — while it is ordinary people who always bear the cost.

The specific agenda of Rubio's visit and the content of his talks with the Peruvian government have not yet been publicly disclosed; the Peruvian authorities' response to the protests has likewise not been reported; and detailed information about the scale of the protest activity and the number of participants is similarly lacking.