Peru–Switzerland relations

The first Swiss arrived to Peru in the mid 19th century. One notable example was naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi, who wrote Peruvian antiquities, a book in which he recorded various aspects of Peruvian life and history.[https://archive.org/details/peruvianantiqui00hawkgoog Peruvian antiquities], by Johann Jakob von Tschudi and Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustáriz, translation by Francis L Hawkes, A.S. Barnes & Co., Cincinnati, 1855 During his travels, he also studied the skull angles of Peruvians using the angles of Camper.Peruvian antiquities, p. 29

Another influential individual was Italian Swiss businessman and philanthropist Severino Marcionelli (Bironico, 1869 – Lima, 1957), who emigrated from Ticino{{Cite news |title=¿Cuál es la historia detrás de la casona que se quemó y derrumbó durante las protestas en Lima? |url=https://trome.pe/familia/incendio-en-plaza-san-martin-cual-es-la-historia-detras-de-la-casona-que-se-quemo-y-derrumbo-en-marcha-en-lima-protestas-en-peru-imp-noticia/?ref=tr |last=Llerena |first=Paula |date=2023-01-20 |work=Trome |last2=Pacheco Ibarra |first2=Juan José}}{{Cite web |url=https://www4.ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti/dalle-origini-al-1900/vite-di-emigranti-e-discendenti/?tx_tichcanoltreconfiniti_canoltreconfinitipersonaggi%5Buid%5D=653&tx_tichcanoltreconfiniti_canoltreconfinitipersonaggi%5Baction%5D=show&tx_tichcanoltreconfiniti_canoltreconfinitipersonaggi%5Bcontroller%5D=Personaggi&cHash=8dc73c17366fe8b1b46d79d80e9262f8 |title=Severino Marcionelli (1869-1957) |website=Repubblica e Cantone Ticino}} to Peru in 1890.{{Cite news |title=Casa Marcionelli, la historia que oculta la casona incendiada en la ‘Toma de Lima’ |url=https://www.infobae.com/peru/2023/01/20/casa-marcionelli-la-historia-que-oculta-la-casona-incendiada-en-la-toma-de-lima/ |date=2020-01-20 |work=Infobae}} Marcionelli was a mining entrepreneur who owned mines in southern Peru, had previously participated in the construction of the high-altitude Galera railway tunnel in Ticlio, and had also ventured into the country's agricultural sector. He also helped establish and was an important member of local organizations, such as the Club de la Unión or the Peruvian chapter of Pro Ticino, a diaspora organization for Ticinese Swiss in Peru, becoming an important member of the diaspora.{{Cite web |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/pro-ticino--un-pedazo-de-suiza-en-el-perú/5868212 |title=Pro Ticino, un pedazo de Suiza en el Perú |date=2007-05-03 |website=Swissinfo}}{{Cite news |title=Edificio Marcionelli: ¿quién era el dueño del edificio incendiado cerca de la plaza San Martín durante las protestas? |url=https://elcomercio.pe/archivo-elcomercio/incendio-en-plaza-san-martin-edificio-marcionelli-incendio-marcha-protestas-en-lima-jiron-carabaya-nnsp-noticia/?ref=ecr |last=Batalla |first=Carlos |date=2023-01-20 |work=El Comercio}}

Marcionelli, alongside his business partner, José Di Luka Hanza Pericevic, originally from Cannosa, Dalmatia,"Perú, matrimonios, 1600-1940", database, FamilySearch ([https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FN1P-TKD Ark:/61903/1:1:FN1P-TKD] : 8 February 2020), Jose L. Hanza, 1899. purchased a terrain in the historic centre of Lima, near San Martín Plaza. A building named after him was built in the site in the 1920s, originally houseing Marcionelli's mining company's offices. Marcionelli himself served as honorary consul as the building also began to house the Consulate general of Switzerland in Lima until the late 1940s, when the consulate was elevated to a legation.{{Cite web |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/003398/2011-01-11/ |title=Pérou |last=Gerardi |first=Dario |date=2011-01-11 |website=Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse DHS}} The current location of the Swiss embassy in Lima also belonged to him. The 3-story building was ultimately destroyed in 2023 by a fire during a series of protests in its immediate surroundings.{{Cite news |title=La jornada de la "toma de Lima" termina con enfrentamientos y el incendio en un edificio en el centro histórico de la capital peruana |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-64342049 |date=2023-01-20 |work=BBC Mundo}}

In 1993, Switzerland annulled Peru's foreign debt.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cooperacionsuiza.pe/seco/nosotros/ |title=Nosotros |website=Cooperación Suiza en el Perú}}

A Swiss–Peruvian clinic started its operations on September 3, 2007.

In 2013, the 120th anniversary of the establishment of relations was celebrated, as well as in 2014.{{Cite news |title=Se conmemoran 130 años de la presencia Suiza en el Perú. Viva Suiza, Viva el Perú |url=https://www.cooperacionsuiza.pe/05-de-agosto-de-2014/ |work=Noticias SECO}}

Switzerland founded a chamber of commerce in Peru on September 24, 1979, which has approximately 170 associates between companies and individuals.

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High-level visits from Peru to Switzerland

• Minister Antonio Brack Egg (2009)
• Foreign Minister José Antonio García Belaúnde (2009)
• Minister Luis Alberto Peirano (2012)
• President Ollanta Humala (2012)
• Prime Minister Juan Jiménez (2012)

High-level visits from Switzerland to Peru

• Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey (2005)
• Councillor Pascal Couchepin (2009)
• Secretary Jean-Daniel Gerber (2010)
• Vice President Didier Burkhalter (2013)

The number of Swiss citizens in Peru in 2008 being numbered at 2,500 people, mostly in Lima.{{Cite news |title=El claroscuro de la emigración suiza a Perú |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/el-claroscuro-de-la-emigración-suiza-a-perú/6925896 |date=2008-09-17 |work=Swiss Info}} The Swiss community in Peru has established several organizations, such as a club{{Cite web |url=https://www.clubsuizoperu.net/ |title=Club Suizo |website=Clubsuizoperu.net}} and a clinic,{{Cite web |url=https://www.cps.com.pe |title=Somos Clinica Peruano Suiza |website=Clinica Peruano Suiza}} as well as a chamber of commerce.{{Cite web |url=https://swisschamperu.org/nosotros/#camara |title=Nosotros |website=Cámara de Comercio Suiza en el Perú}}

• Peru has an embassy in Bern.
• Switzerland has an embassy in Lima.

File:Embajada del Perú en Suiza.jpg|Embassy of Peru in Bern

File:Swiss Embassy, Lima.jpg|Embassy of Switzerland in Lima

• Foreign relations of Peru
• Foreign relations of Switzerland
• List of ambassadors of Peru to Switzerland
• List of ambassadors of Switzerland to Peru

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