12.11.2019 - 16:33 [ Common Dreams ]

Bolivian Coup Comes Less Than a Week After Morales Stopped Multinational Firm‘s Lithium Deal

The Sunday military coup in Bolivia has put in place a government which appears likely to reverse a decision by just-resigned President Evo Morales to cancel an agreement with a German company for developing lithium deposits in the Latin American country for batteries like those in electric cars. …
ACISA told German broadcaster DW last week that the company was „confident that our lithium project will be resumed after a phase of political calmness and clarification.“