Caitlin Dickson reports fro Yahoo News: Inside Bolivia’s long struggle to unlock the world’s largest lithium supply At the heart of South America, the long-struggling nation of Bolivia sits atop an unlikely gold mine: the world’s largest lithium reserves. It’s been nearly a decade since the Bolivian government first set out to capitalize on this…
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Bolivia Seeks Buyers For Gas With Petrobras Contract In Limbo … this gov has lost its credibility!
Brunno Braga reports for Hart Energy: Bolivia Seeks Buyers For Gas With Petrobras Contract In Limbo RIO DE JANIERO—Bolivia’s state-owned company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) is facing a crucial moment for its business. The company could lose business with one of its biggest clients. With less than two years left on its contract with…
Stamps: 1927 six-pointed star overprints hint at Bolivia’s political past
Linn’s Stamp News reports: 1927 six-pointed star overprints hint at Bolivia’s political past Stamps of Latin America — By Thomas P. Myers Beginning in 1919, with Scott 118, Bolivia initiated a series of definitive stamps featuring the coat of arms of Bolivia. At first, the stamps were printed by the American Bank Note Co.; then…
Brown and barren land: Bolivia’s historic drought – in pictures
The Guardian reports: Brown and barren land: Bolivia’s historic drought – in pictures During Bolivia’s worst drought in 25 years, photographer Marcelo Perez visited the reservoirs that supply drinking water to its biggest cities, to find a stark and arid landscape La sequía histórica de Bolivia – en imágenes All photographs by Marcelo Perez del Carpio…
Uyuni Salt Flats: Bolivia should industrialize magnesium and then lithium! current gov fails bit time!
World of Electric Vehicles reports: Expert warns Bolivia will not enter the new global energy mix with lithium In a recent interview with the Spanish news agency EFE, Bolivian lithium expert, Juan Carlos Zuleta, warned that Bolivia will not be part of the new global energy mix with lithium because it has not been able…
EIEC lineman helps bring power to Bolivian villages
Will Brumleve reports for the Ford County record: EIEC lineman helps bring power to Bolivian villages SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — For three weeks, Terry Riggins was constantly pestered by bugs as he endured 12-hour workdays in 90-degree heat in the mountains of Bolivia. After work, he would try his best to sleep in what he…
