The results are predictable: lithium contracts signed with favorable terms for multinationals. IMF loans with austerity conditions attached. Social programs cut in the name of “fiscal responsibility.” Public assets sold to private investors.

The elites get richer. Foreign corporations get access. And ordinary Bolivians? They get the bill

Policy is dictated not by ballots, but by the tables where investment deals are signed.

This is the model. It worked in Chile in the ’70s. It worked in Bolivia in the ’80s. It’s working again now.