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Tired of spotty internet, Bolivians are smuggling in Starlink

13 February 2025 at 06:00
Last month, Darren Jason Watkins Jr., a popular American streamer, broadcast a visit to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s largest city. As his stream kept glitching, Watkins Jr., known...

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On a ridge above La Paz, the Bolivian Space Agency’s headquarters in Amachuma is the main control center for the nation’s Túpac Katari 1 telecommunications satellite.
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