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Monday, September 25, 2023
EducationStudent Media GrantPast ProjectsLithium Mining in Bolivia

Lithium Mining in Bolivia

2022: Post-Conflict Development in Action: Lithium Mining in Bolivia Joseph Bouchard, a student from The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University, will travel to Bolivia in the Fall of 2022 to complete his SMGP project Post-Conflict Development in Action: Lithium Mining in Bolivia. His photojournalism project will illustrate the various components of the development of Bolivia’s lithium mining industry through the lens of conflict and development.

Post Conflict Development in Action

Post-Conflict Development in Action: Lithium Mining in Bolivia

STUDENT MEDIA GRANT PROGRAM
SMGP Grantee: Joseph Bouchard
 
Joseph Bouchard was a graduate student at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University and a geopolitical analyst from Quebec City, Canada when he received a Student Media Grant to conduct a program in Bolivia. 
 
    
              Photos were taken in the mining region of Bolivia, near Oruro, La Paz, and Potosí.
 
Articles published in 2023: 
Bolivia and Iran’s New Security Partnership Hurts Israel.  
LINK to article by August 8, 2023
 
China Keeping Details of Investment Deals From Bolivian Public and Congress, Sources Claim.  
LINK to article by August 7, 2023
 
​China Begins Lithium Extraction, Increases Mining Investment in Bolivia  
LINK to article by July 12, 2023
 
In Bolivia, China Signs Deal For World’s Largest Lithium Reserves  
LINK to article by February 10, 2023
 
 
   
    Photos were taken in the mining region of Bolivia, near Oruro, La Paz, and Potosí.

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