Times column exacerbates Yale-Peru negotiations
After former Peruvian first lady writes that Yale is ‘acting in an arrogant, neo-colonial manner,’ University pushes back
The epic saga between Yale and Peru escalated this weekend — in the pages of The New York Times.
In a guest column published Saturday, Eliane Karp de Toledo, Peru’s former first lady, harshly criticized the Memorandum of Understanding that the current Peruvian government and Yale signed in September. On Sunday, University officials struck back at Karp de Toledo in interviews, questioning the validity of her claims and the nature of her motives.
The memorandum of understanding — a copy of which the News obtained from Karp de Toledo last month — was celebrated by both parties...
Common sense dictates that relics found someplace BELONG to the country in which they were found. Especially when those relics are part of the cultural heritage of a people and of a country. It's as if some historical american treasure were taken to some other country not to be returned. Not even on loan. Just "taken" (which, in this case, would sound to any american as "stolen"). Double standards should not be applied, not here, nor anywhere else. Same outrage an american would feel in the hypothetical case I depicted is the same justified outrage peruvians feel right now. Machu Picchu relics should be returned to Peru; all else is sheer arrogance and mean, mean behaviour.
"And Burger said Sunday that legal action becomes more and more possible as time goes on.
“If these negotiations break down,” he said, “we may find ourselves in court. And Yale would do well in a trial.”"
There are no morals in Yale...