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玻利维亚欲建核反应堆 Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced plans to build the countrys first nuclear reactor. 玻利维亚总统埃沃·莫拉莱斯宣布计划建设国内首座核反应堆。 ? Mr Morales said the development of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes has become a strategic priority for his country.?? Speaking to members of the Bolivian Congress, he said that Iran, France and Argentina had volunteered to help with the development of the project.? ? Only three countries in Latin America have operating nuclear power stations. ? Brazil, Argentina and Mexico began their nuclear programmes in the 1970s. ? Chile has only small-scale, experimental nuclear reactors. ? Bolivia cannot remain excluded from this technology, which belongs to all humankind, Mr Morales said in his annual state of the union address in La Paz. ? We have decided to create a high-level energy commission. This is a priority of the Bolivian state, he said. ? Mr Morales, an outspoken critic of the United States policies in the region, is running for re-election in October. ? Last month, Bolivians gathered in the central square in La Paz to cheer the launch of Bolivias first telecommunications satellite.? ? President Morales, who went to China for the launch, said it would end Bolivias dependence on foreign powers for its communications.? ? The satellite is named Tupak Katari, after an indigenous hero who fought Spanish colonial rule.