Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat in Bolivia. It’s not just big; it’s also full of natural wonders. Underneath its surface, there’s 11.2 million tons of lithium.

But as the vice president knows, no pitch about lithium as Bolivia’s economic salvation is complete without addressing the source of that lithium: the Salar de Uyuni. The 4,000-square-mile salt ...

While credit and debit cards are accepted in hotels and restaurants in urban areas, it's best to carry cash in rural areas.

"But it varies from one country to the next and one region to the next." A sculpture is seen at the Uyuni salt flat in ...

For Bolivia, the Uyuni salt flat about 550 kilometers south of La Paz is an opportunity to create jobs and develop a lucrative mining industry. Bolivia's Energy Minister Diego Pary also explained ...

But this is not possible at Bolivia's Uyuni salt flat, the world's biggest, which lies at an altitude of 3,600 meters (12,000 feet). There, crews can bore down only about 11 meters, as below that ...