Peru closes restaurant for excluding ‘dark-skinned’ people…called watershed event

Cafe del Mar, a popular restaurant near Lima, Peru, was shut down for 60 days for discriminatory entrance rules. The store was also fined $76,000. Although three other clubs in Lima have been fined for similar charges, this is the first example of an establishment being forced to close its doors.

The closing marked the second penalty in a year for Cafe del Mar, as it faced a $37,000 fine last October for similar allegations. It was the same agency that busted the club each time. In October, the club reportedly allowed a light-skinned couple to enter, but refused admission to a dark-skinned couple because there was a “private party”.

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