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...certainly made a difference in Marco Antonio Mamani's life. Two years ago, Mamani, 33, was a jewelry craftsman in Cuzco, "selling what I could on a plastic sheet by the central square." Then a notice for a seminar on e-commerce by the Peruvian Science Network (rcp), a nonprofit organization that has spurred the launch of more than 500 public Internet centers across the country, piqued his interest. Taking advantage of rcp's free technical assistance and low use rates, Mamani set up a site hawking his jewelry online. Today he is a cyberentrepreneur. Nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America Logs On | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...boxes that, for $100 to $200 each, can turn a television set into a computer screen are due to appear in Brazil. Wireless broadband expansion will turn Brazil's ubiquitous cell phones into tiny screens. "Latin Americans have been early and avid adopters of technology," says Antonio Bonchristiano, CEO of the e-commerce company Submarino.com "The key to growth is the cost of a Web device...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America Logs On | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

That standard has also been upheld in New Jersey, where Francesca and Antonio Pacelli battled over the validity of their postnuptial agreement. They had been married 10 years in 1985, when, she says, he told her to choose between divorce and signing a postnup. Under the agreement, she was to be awarded $500,000 and half of a $1 million summer home if they divorced. But when Pacelli, a developer, filed for divorce in 1996, his wife argued that she was entitled to more of his fortune, which had increased from $5 million to $11 million, and she sued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Remake a Deal | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...bond of peace. Unfortunately, it may take a few hundred years to improve these dysfunctional relationships. Because of all his efforts (including his support for the people who helped dismantle East European communism), Pope John Paul II should be named Diplomat of the Millennium! ROB BISHOP San Antonio, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 24, 2000 | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...association of devotees, where at least 1,500 faithful gather annually at college campuses in places like Kansas, Indiana, North Dakota and Oklahoma, all for the love of Latin, Darling is ostensibly among the most devoted. He started studying Latin his sophomore year at Roosevelt High School in San Antonio, and in typical Harvard-bound fashion, he skipped Latin II. At his first Texas JCL convention, Sterling decided on a whim to run for the position of state editor. He beat his opponent, starting a winning streak of six JCL and SCL elections. His record includes being the National...

Author: By Sarah J. Ramer, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Sterling Silver: Harvard's political darling rules his national administration | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

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