TO GO WITH AFP SPECIAL REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE COP27 - AFP STORY by Martin SILVA
Aerial view of evaporation pools for salt mining in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in the northern province of Jujuy, Argentina, taken 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 MartÃn SILVA / AFP)