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The Six Stories of Mercado Libre

Latin America's largest e-commerce company is a Borgesian perplexity.

Mario Gabriele
May 16, 2021
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I would like to tell you six stories. 

None are mine. 

One belongs to Marcos Galperin. The other five, Jorge Luis Borges. 

Perhaps one of these names means something to you; perhaps both; perhaps neither. Marcos Galperin is a businessman from Buenos Aires who is alive. Jorge Luis Borges is a writer from the same city who is dead. 

(It is theoretically possi…

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