Lithium is used to create rechargeable batteries for cell phones, laptops and electric vehicles. The world's largest deposits of the metal are in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia, known as the lithium triangle.
Latin American countries need to act before it's too late, says Lisa Rushton, director of renewable energy law at Womble Dickinson, a U.S. law firm. And how colonial history motivates them to extract that metal in a more ecological and socially Responsible way.