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Attack on airport damages BBC News Services On your mobile On smart speakers Get news alerts Contact BBC News Home News Sport Reel Worklife Travel Future Culture Music TV Weather Sounds The indigenous groups fighting against the quest for white gold Published days ago Share A woman holds an Argentine flag at the roadblock in Purmamarca where indigenous communities demonstrate in defence of water and their land rights and against the controversial reform backed by Governor Morales on June.
IMAGE SOURCENATALIA FAVRE Image caption Indigenous communities are at the forefront of protests against lithium mining and for land rights By Berta Revents text Natalia Favre photos Mobile App Development Service Purmamarca Argentina Our land is drying up and our water is polluted says Nati Machaca one of the protesters manning a roadblock in the village of Purmamarca high in the Andes mountains. Ms Machaca is a spokeswoman for the indigenous groups living in Jujuy a province in northern Argentina.
Jujuy is located in what has become known as the lithium triangle a stretch of the Andes straddling the triborder area between Argentina Bolivia and Chile which holds the worlds biggest reserves of lithium. IMAGE SOURCENATALIA FAVRE Image caption Communities opposed to lithium mining have erected roadblocks in Purmamarca The metal is used to make rechargeable batteries for everything from smartphones to laptops.
IMAGE SOURCENATALIA FAVRE Image caption Indigenous communities are at the forefront of protests against lithium mining and for land rights By Berta Revents text Natalia Favre photos Mobile App Development Service Purmamarca Argentina Our land is drying up and our water is polluted says Nati Machaca one of the protesters manning a roadblock in the village of Purmamarca high in the Andes mountains. Ms Machaca is a spokeswoman for the indigenous groups living in Jujuy a province in northern Argentina.
Jujuy is located in what has become known as the lithium triangle a stretch of the Andes straddling the triborder area between Argentina Bolivia and Chile which holds the worlds biggest reserves of lithium. IMAGE SOURCENATALIA FAVRE Image caption Communities opposed to lithium mining have erected roadblocks in Purmamarca The metal is used to make rechargeable batteries for everything from smartphones to laptops.