Peru hints at suit
Yale and Peru edged closer to court over the weekend, as officials in the Peruvian government approved in principle the filing of a lawsuit against the University with the hopes of reclaiming Incan artifacts housed at Yale.
While Peru has not yet taken formal legal action, the decision of the country’s Council of Ministers to begin formally the process of selecting a lawyer comes after more than six months of threats from Peru that it would sue the University. The controversy surrounds Incan artifacts excavated by Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III between 1911 and 1915; Peru has...
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