TO GO WITH AFP SPECIAL REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE COP27 - AFP STORY by Martin SILVA
Veronica Chavez, president of the indigenous Kolla Santuario de Tres Pozos community in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, poses for a picture during an interview with AFP at the Salinas Grandes salt flat, on October 18, 2022. - The turquoise glimmer of open-air pools meets the dazzling white of a seemingly endless salt desert where hope and disillusionment collide in Latin America's "lithium triangle." A key component of batteries used in electric cars, demand has exploded for the "white gold" found in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile in quantities larger than anywhere else in the world. (Photo by Aizar RALDES / AFP)