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Venezuela

China to help build satellite

Venezuela signed an agreement with a Chinese State-owned company on Sunday to build and send into orbit the country's third satellite using Chinese technology. The satellite will be named after the independence hero Antonio Jose de Sucre. Neither side offered details about the cost or specific timeframe for the project. The agreement between the Venezuelan government and China Great Wall Industry Corp, China's sole commercial satellite launcher, was signed in the presence of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.