Brazil’s Lithium Valley Falls Short of Promises as Poverty Persists and Social Tensions Rise in Minas Gerais
Once promoted as a symbol of economic transformation for one of Brazil’s poorest regions, the so-called “Lithium Valley” in the northeastern part of the state of Minas Gerais is struggling to deliver on its promises. Two years after the official launch of the ambitious project, residents of the Jequitinhonha Valley say the boom surrounding the […]
