Former Peruvian first lady to debate artifact case
Eliane Karp-Toledo, the former Peruvian first lady whose dogged attacks on Yale helped start a legal battle between the University and Peru, will speak at the Yale Political Union this evening.
Karp-Toledo’s visit comes at a time when Yale and Peru are engaged in a legal battle, as the parties exchange motions responding to the lawsuit Peru filed against Yale in December over the rightful ownership of Inca artifacts housed at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Her debate at the YPU will be an unusual one, since — at Karp-Toledo’s request — no student vote will be held at the...
