Peru and Cubaestablished relations in 1902.[1][2] After the Cuban Revolution, relations continued, but their troubled nature led to Peru to sever diplomatic relationships on December 30, 1960, leading to the closure of the Peruvian embassy.[3] After the establishment of Juan Velasco Alvarado's Revolutionary Government, Peru reestablished its relations with Cuba on 8 July 1972, which have remained since.[1][2]
On early 1980, a small group of Cuban citizens made their way into the embassy, instigating an international crisis over the diplomatic status of around 10,000 asylum-seeking Cubans who joined them over the following days after the Cuban government ceased its protection of the embassy.[4]
In the aftermath of the event, the embassy—then located on the 5th Avenue of Miramar[5]—closed and became the Militant People's March Historic Museum[6] (Spanish: Museo de la Marcha del Pueblo Combatiente) until 1988, when the expo was moved to the Municipal Museum at Marianao.[7][8] After a period of abandonment, the former embassy was demolished in the summer of 1999, becoming the parking lot area[9] for a tourist hotel[7][8] opened as the Novotel, and later known as the Occidental Miramar,[8] and ultimately as the Memories Miramar.
^"Cuba". The Tampa Tribune. 1981-11-08. Cuba: A lot of people want to get out. The former Peruvian Embassy sits unguarded now on 5th Avenue in the once-exclusive suburb of Miramar. It was stormed by 10,000 Cubans seeking asylum from their own government last year.
^"PERU - 1980". Cuban Chronology. National Foreign Assessment Center. 1978. Havana announces that the Peruvian Embassy in Cuba has been relocated and the former Peruvian Embassy building will become The Militant People's March Historic Museum.
