1.The Bolivian government and a Chinese corporation GWIC(Great Wall Industries Corporation) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding on helping Bolivia launch communications satellite "Tupac Katari."
2. This will be the First Satellite Programme of Bolivia.
3. President
Evo Morales thanked the Chinese government as well as Chinese technicians and businessmen for making possible the 300-million-U.S.-dollar project.
4.According to Bolivian Public Works Minister Walter Delgadillo, the satellite has a maximum capacity of the DFH-4 model that will enable it to cover not only Bolivia but also the whole Latin America.
5.The services of the satellite will contribute to the second literacy campaign involving tens of thousands of Bolivian citizens who do not have access to information and education,".
6. In 2008, China helped
Venezuela launch the first Venezuelan satellite "
Simon Bolivar."
7. This satellite has been named after an Indian Freedom fighter Tupac Katari.
