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❗️The coup that the military staged against the government of Bolivia, may have geopolitical and economic background 🇧🇴
Bolivia has the world's largest lithium deposits - 24% of all world reserves.
🇷🇺In December 2023, the Russian Uranium One Group, part of the state corporation Rosatom, and the Bolivian state company YLB (Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos) signed an agreement in La Paz to build a pilot plant for the production of lithium carbonate on a salt marsh Uyuni in the province of Potosi.
🇩🇪DW reported that that, while cooperating with Russian companies in the mining and processing of lithium, the Bolivian government simultaneously refused to do it with companies from Germany.
Lithium is essential for the production of batteries for electric vehicles, production and demand for which are rapidly increasing.
⚡Several days ago Bolivian President Luis Arce officially announced his desire to integrate the country into BRICS
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Bolivia has the world's largest lithium deposits - 24% of all world reserves.
🇷🇺In December 2023, the Russian Uranium One Group, part of the state corporation Rosatom, and the Bolivian state company YLB (Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos) signed an agreement in La Paz to build a pilot plant for the production of lithium carbonate on a salt marsh Uyuni in the province of Potosi.
🇩🇪DW reported that that, while cooperating with Russian companies in the mining and processing of lithium, the Bolivian government simultaneously refused to do it with companies from Germany.
Lithium is essential for the production of batteries for electric vehicles, production and demand for which are rapidly increasing.
⚡Several days ago Bolivian President Luis Arce officially announced his desire to integrate the country into BRICS
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