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Everything ready for APEC women forum in Arequipa

(LIP-do) -- The meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will start on May 9 with the “Digital Economy Forum for Women 2008: Global Strategy and e-Development of Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean”. The sector coordinator of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development (Mimdes) in Arequipa, Gerardo Lovón Zavala, pointed out that the first APEC meeting will be postponed until Saturday May 10 and it will gather businesswomen, academics and government representatives who are linked to the digital economy topics and the electronic commerce. “Mimdes organizes this meeting with the purpose of promoting the women participation in the use and access of the information and communication technologies with commercial aims”, affirmed Lovón.


Over 150 Gamarra’s entrepreneurs to showcase clothes during EU-LAC Summit

(LIP-do) -- With the slogan “Enjoy Gamarra, from La Victoria to the World", more than 150 small garment manufacturers will showcase from May 12 to 18 showcase their entire range of clothes during the V Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union, Latin America, and the Caribbean (EU-LAC). International guests and attendees to the EU-LAC Summit in Lima will be able to get to know and appreciate Peruvian manufacturers' high quality products, exhibited in 150 stands set up along one of the main avenues in the old and popular residential district of La Victoria. Gamarra's fair aims at showing the area's booming garment manufacturing industry in order to facilitate manufacturers and distributors' access to the main international markets.


Bolivian Chancellor confirms Evo Morales' attendance to EU-LAC Summit

(LIP-do) -- Bolivia’s Foreign Affairs minister, David Choquehuanca, confirmed the attendance of Evo Morales to the EU-LAC Summit to be held in Peru on May 16th and 17th despite Santa Cruz state's autonomy referendum. Choquehuanca assured that Bolivia enjoys a peaceful environment and added that yesterday’s referendum has no validity since it was made on the wrong side of the law. After mentioning that the events on Sunday were exaggerated by the media, he invited Peruvians to visit Bolivia to see that they promote a culture of peace and dialogue.


IPeru-Arequipa trained security personnel and taxi drivers for APEC

(LIP-do) -- The citizen security personnel of the municipalities of Socabaya, Characato, and Yanahuara, as well as 800 taxi drivers were trained in tourism and customer service in order to assist arriving delegates of the APEC forum. IPerú supervisor in Arequipa, Yermeth Murguía Vizcardo, said that training courses were organized jointly with the regional government in a major attempt to improve services for tourists visiting the "Ciudad Blanca" (White City), Arequipa. The training for the security staff of three traditional municipalities of Arequipa was carried out given the great number of visitors coming to these places because of their tourist attractions. On the other hand, 800 taxi drivers of Taxitel received an intensive course of customer service. Taxitel is the official company in charge of serving APEC attendees in Arequipa, said Murguía.


News Source: Andina