Lithium: Can Bolivia’s new president revive the country's 'white gold’ dream?
Bolivia’s president-elect Rodrigo Paz inherits a country mired in economic crisis after his victory in Sunday’s vote. Paz wants to make lithium – a strategic resource in the renewable energy transition – an engine for economic recovery. But between renewing ties with Washington, resistance to privatisation, and burgeoning social and environmental protests, the issue could prove to be a tinderbox.
Bolivia’s president-elect Rodrigo Paz inherits a country mired in economic crisis after his victory in Sunday’s vote. Paz wants to make lithium – a strategic resource in the renewable energy transition – an engine for economic recovery. But between renewing ties with Washington, resistance to privatisation, and burgeoning social and environmental protests, the issue could prove to be a tinderbox.
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