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Bolivian President Evo Morales seeks ITU support to launch satellite
The President of Bolivia H.E. Mr Evo Morales Ayma visited ITU on 13 September. During his meeting with ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré, the President discussed Bolivia's filing for an orbital position for its geostationary communications satellite.
Satellite communication is of vital interest to the social, economic and cultural needs of the people of Bolivia, a landlocked country of vast ethnic and geographical diversity stretching from low-lying salt flats and deep Amazon forests to high Andean mountains. Noting that Bolivia is made up of 36 nations of indigenous peoples, President Morales said that a modern, accessible and dynamic telecommunication system with Internet access is a key element in addressing the challenges of poverty, exclusion and isolation particularly among the indigenous population of the country.

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