President Leonel Fernández leaves tomorrow morning for Seattle, Washington where he is slated to meet with Bill Gates of Microsoft. His trip comes shortly after Microsoft announced an alliance with Telmex, a Mexican telecommunications company to create an Internet portal for Latin America. Microsoft portal will come on computer screens with the opening of Explorer/Windows. Microsoft is preparing versions for several Latin American countries. The first to appear will be those of Mexico (http://www.t1msn.com/homepage.asp), Chile, Argentina, US, Venezuela and Colombia. Mauricio Santillán, regional vice president for Microsoft Latin America told journalists during the announcement in Miami that the company has plans to set up a Caribbean office. According to the Listín Diario, they are seriously considering Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. President Fernandez wants Microsoft to set up shop in the Santo Domingo Cyberpark. This is a complex of high tech university, high tech industrial plants, and port facilities going up near the Las Americas International Airport.
