Bolivia lithium: Industry business hit by political crisis
A boom or a burden? Bolivia’s struggle to make the most of its valuable lithium reserves.
8 Dec 2019
More video clips from the story
A boom or a burden? Bolivia’s struggle to make the most of its valuable lithium reserves.
![A medic of the regional hospital receives Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine shot against the coronavirus disease in Tver, Russia October 12, 2020 [Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-11T090432Z_626248519_RC2X0K94O46X_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RUSSIA-VACCINE.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Three coins representing Bitcoin cryptocurrency sit on a computer circuit board in this arranged photograph in London on February 6, 2018 [Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/323613654.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Rising COVID infections in Germany have forced the closure of restaurants, bars, hotels and entertainment venues since November 2, likely denting the economy [Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-23T161752Z_596733674_RC249K9KB9G4_RTRMADP_3_CHRISTMAS-SEASON-GERMANY.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![AstraZeneca and Oxford University's coronavirus vaccine candidate could be cheaper to produce and easier to distribute than its rivals, potentially leading to a quicker global economic recovery [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e5362238577046178d3ecca4cf869a09_18.jpeg?resize=170%2C113)
![President-elect Joe Biden was projected as the winner of the US election more than two weeks ago [Tom Brenner/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-19T214340Z_136682487_RC2L6K9Z6HC8_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Tigray refugees who fled the conflict arriving on the banks of Tekeze river on the Sudan-Ethiopia border [Nariman El-Mofty/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20326620976103.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![A damaged tank is abandoned on a road near Humera, Ethiopia, on Sunday [Eduardo Soteras/AFP] (AFP)](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8VP76W-1.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![China has accused the US of 'creating chaos' in the Asia Pacific [File: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erica Bechard/US Navy via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/639137b2b4864a98aada350f8c9b49b6_18.jpeg?resize=170%2C113)