Peru-Potato battle.

PERU-CHILE

The origin of the potato

The Agricultural Minister of Chile, Marigen Hornkohl, said on Monday, that,99pc of the world potatoes originated from Chile.

However national pride in Peru, claims the humble spud as their own.

The war of words has been going on for the last few days, albeit who is right or wrong, no on disputes, that one of the countries is quite correct.