DECLASSIFIED UK: Revealed: The UK supported the coup in Bolivia to gain access to its ‘white gold’

DECLASSIFIED UK: Revealed: The UK supported the coup in Bolivia to gain access to its ‘white gold’: After a coup in the South American country of Bolivia in November 2019, democratically elected president Evo Morales was forced to flee. Foreign Office documents obtained by Declassified show Britain saw the new military-backed regime, which killed 18 protesters, as an opportunity to open up Bolivia’s lithium deposits to UK firms.