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Mining companies have said that they have taken indigenous communities into consideration as they begin exploring the area for lithium. Communities in the area are impoverished and many families have lived in their mountain farms and towns for generations. Remedios Sarapura, 26, stands in her family's tiny adobe home 13,000' up in the Andes, llama bones hanging from the ceiling. The family raises llamas but the herd has dwindled as their pastures have dried up. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
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