Guerra has more ambitious plans, too, including setting up an online order and home-delivery business. The potential market is vast. Spanish is estimated to be the second most popular language on the Internet. It is more prevalent online than French, German, or Japanese. Yet Internet start-ups remain a rarity in Argentina.
Government officials are at least partly to blame.
The ubiquitous bureaucrats may be well meaning but inevitably turn out to be a major joy-kill for endlessly optimistic college kids hoping to be the next Bill Gates. Telintar execs seem to take pride in playing the role of rapacious monopolist in a Shakespearean drama that would put the Microsoft management team to shame. Send it . Use this version. E-mail this to a friend.