The governments of Chile and Bolivia afe now far-left. I wonder what their stance is on extractive industries?
Touching mining would be suicide, it's 20% of the GDP. Chile is the most advanced country in South America because of mining, just like the oil countries.
We better take that money while it lasts and invest it wisely.
The proposed constitution could have been a big blow to the sector, for now it didn't get approved so we will have to see what happens in the future. This uncertainty isn't good for foreign investment, we can only hope that the government gets their act together.
By the way, I would argue that copper mining is far more destructive than Lithium mining.
With the new constitution they can effectively kill separation of powers, checks and balances, etc. and install a far-left dictatorship.
AOC isn't really that left. She's left compared to the Democratic party, but I don't think she's that extreme.