The Silent Struggle:
People around Salar del Hombre Muerto
On their quest for lithium, mining companies assert dominance over entire territories and their people, as witnessed around Salar de Hombre Muerto, in…
Mining Indigenous Territories – Agree to disagree?
Lithium is crucial for a world powered by renewable energy, but in places of extraction it is a source of deep ambivalence. Increasingly we hear about…
Lithium threatens the heritage of Cáceres
An open-pit mine located next to the city protected by UNESCO is facing key decisions in the coming weeks. In this area alone mining permits for over more than…
White Gold
In the southwest of Spain, there are plans to mine lithium in the middle of a nature park. But local residents from Cáceres and Montaña Chaves are resisting…
From Salta to Olaroz Chico:
Lithium as a travel companion
We left Salta at the crack of dawn. From here only a little more than 300 km are between us and the Olaroz salt flat, in Jujuy, but the distance seems…
Defending Lithium:
On the streets with protesters in Potosi
Let us take an audio-visual walk through the streets of Potosi during the 2019 conflict about lithium. Listen to the protesters who were the first to take to…