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Magali Cervantes with Tomas Viola in Buenos Aires

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Argentine lithium a boon for some doom for others | History Defined

Lithium is a critical ingredient in electric car batteries and crucial for the global shift away from fossil fuels (Credit: AFP)

Anahi Jorge, 23, works for a lithium extraction company in Argentina, earning four times the salary of a local government worker in her village of Susques.

And while she welcomes the income of about $1,700 per month -- a fortune for most in economic-crisis-riddled Argentina -- she laments the impact on critical water resources in her town and the wider Jujuy province.

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