It is called white gold, and in northern Argentina, there are huge quantities of it.
Lithium is an more and more useful useful resource and, as mining firms transfer in, Indigenous communities are on alert.
And taking to the streets to make their voices heard.
Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo stories from the lithium-rich northern province of Jujuy, Argentina.
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