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Peru to protest Europe on terrorism

Legislators in Peru plan to lodge a protest on Friday with the European Parliament after it declined to list the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, an insurgent group, as a terrorist organization. The motion would be delivered "so that they can know the feelings of Peruvian legislators against terrorism," the Peruvian News Agency reported. On Thursday the Peruvian Congress approved a resolution to reaffirm the group as a terrorist organization and criticize the European Parliament for its decision to omit the group, according to the Peruvian News Agency. (CNN - click here to read complete article)


Peru's Banco de Credito BCP switches to Teradata data warehouse

Teradata Corporation announced today it has signed an agreement in which Banco de Crédito BCP, the leading financial institution in Peru, will replace its present data warehouse with a powerful Teradata enterprise data warehouse (EDW), a Teradata Financial Services Logical Data Model (FS-LDM) and the Teradata EDW Roadmap. (Finextra - click here to read complete article)


International Organisation for Migration and Telefónica del Peru Sponsor Photo Exhibit on Child Labour

Telefónica del Peru supported IOM to organise a photo exhibit on child labour by award-winning Spanish photographer Fernando Moleres. The exhibit "Children at Work" contains 18 hard-hitting photographs showing the exploitative conditions that children are subjected to in many parts of the world. It opens on Monday 28 April in the Peruvian capital Lima and is part of IOM's counter trafficking information campaign. (Union Network - click here to read complete article)


Peru Sells $216m in Sol Bonds

Peru placed PES600m ($216m) in sol-denominated 6.95% 2031 sovereign bonds on the local market. The ministry had originally targeted PES400m, but raised the offer on demand that reached PES1.357bn, the finance ministry said. The transaction follows a PES273m sale in March, as Peru focuses on liability management and repaying expensive foreign debt. (Latin Finance)