Bolivia opens a second lithium offer as it seeks to fill its fiscal gap. Fitch warned of “risks for the macroeconomic stability and debt service capacity” of the South American country.

Bolivia has the largest lithium deposits in the world and those chosen to explore them were companies from China and Russia. The announcement of the new call to exploit and produce lithium has generated enthusiasm, but, at the moment, it does not have much potential, says Álvaro Ríos.