Located in Bolivia’s Altiplano region, near the Chile border, Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat. It’s a surreal ...

The world's largest known lithium deposit exists within a vast salt pan called the Salar de Uyuni, which stretches for thousands of square miles atop a high, dry Andean plateau in Bolivia.

As demand soars for powerful batteries, Bolivia dreams of striking it rich by tapping its huge lithium deposit. But will its people benefit? While the indigenous Aymara population harvests and ...