Centuries later, people migrated to Polynesia from South America. The rim routes stayed busy. The Asian presence is found across Latin America.
History appears to have played an important role in building relations between Peru and Asia.
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is of Japanese descent, and the prime minister, Victor Joy Way, of Chinese descent. As the new millennium nears, we find ourselves in a world of expanding economic and commercial groups with patterns of strategic alliances between states and regions. The Asia-Pacific region is clearly moving toward greater prosperity through APEC, which so far has three Latin American members, Peru, Mexico and Chile. Last week, Singapore was reported to have proposed an Asia-Latin America summit next year. The two regions are largely attuned to globalization.