As nations rush to secure the raw materials that will power the next generation of military hardware, electric vehicles, energy grids and high-tech devices, one fact stands out: metals like lithium, copper, and rare earths — once obscure to mainstream observers — have become geopolitical weapons.
Nowhere is this competition clearer than in South America, where vast deposits lie. And nowhere is it more urgent for the United States to act.
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