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That seems silly and preposterous. There's no shortage of lithium. There is a shortage of manufacturing capacity of finished products. That's where the squeeze

That seems silly and preposterous. There's no shortage of lithium. There is a shortage of manufacturing capacity of finished products. That's where the squeeze comes in. Batteries is the current limitation in production capacity. There's also not enough demand to be mining existing lithium supplies, just like there is not enough demand to do us mining of rare earth materials. On the npr program I listened to about Bolivia this morning, it seemed to be the previous president had basically violated the constitution by running again. Which is separate from the process by which a new president is chosen.

the_af 7y ago
> On the npr program I listened to about Bolivia this morning, it seemed to be the previous president had basically violated the constitution by running again. The situation is more complex than that. First, historically the racist far right in Bolivia was just aching for a reason to kick the indigenous president out (there is a now deleted tweet by the now semi-legally acting president outright stating she doesn't like "Indians". The far right Camacho, one of the key instigators of the coup, vowed to "never again let the Pachamama in the government"; the Pachamama being an indigenous and non-Christian deity). Second, while it was legally dubious for Evo Morales to run for a fourth term, it was deemed legal by a court from Bolivia and it was accepted by the OAS (yes, the same OAS which later claimed there were "irregularities" with the voting -- so this isn't an organization that particularly sides with Morales). Finally, before being kicked out (er, "suggested by the military to resign", which in Latin America carries ominous undertones), Morales had finally accepted to have completely new elections, as suggested by the OAS. By this point the instigators of the coup had already seen they had the upper hand and accepted nothing less than the president's resignation. So no, the re-election of Morales was not the cause of the coup. It was merely an additional argument they used to force him out.
- NotSammyHagar 7y ago
  thanks for explaining those other details.
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the_af 7y ago

> On the npr program I listened to about Bolivia this morning, it seemed to be the previous president had basically violated the constitution by running again. The situation is more complex than that. First, historically the racist far right in Bolivia was just aching for a reason to kick the indigenous president out (there is a now deleted tweet by the now semi-legally acting president outright stating she doesn't like "Indians". The far right Camacho, one of the key instigators of the coup, vowed to "never again let the Pachamama in the government"; the Pachamama being an indigenous and non-Christian deity). Second, while it was legally dubious for Evo Morales to run for a fourth term, it was deemed legal by a court from Bolivia and it was accepted by the OAS (yes, the same OAS which later claimed there were "irregularities" with the voting -- so this isn't an organization that particularly sides with Morales). Finally, before being kicked out (er, "suggested by the military to resign", which in Latin America carries ominous undertones), Morales had finally accepted to have completely new elections, as suggested by the OAS. By this point the instigators of the coup had already seen they had the upper hand and accepted nothing less than the president's resignation. So no, the re-election of Morales was not the cause of the coup. It was merely an additional argument they used to force him out.

NotSammyHagar 7y ago
thanks for explaining those other details.

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