jan 1, 1991 - People of Rio Grande created SOCOMIRG – community mining company to protest the private concessions in the Uyuni

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As a result, the people of Rio Grande formally created SOCOMIRG in 1991 as a
community mining company, legally obtained leasing rights and consolidated
their ulexite extraction rights in the region. However, in 1998, following the privatising logic in mining that characterised the neoliberal model, the Fiscal Reserve
of the salt flat was modified for a third time (Law 1854). In this case, the original
area was drastically reduced to the “salt crust perimeter” opened and incentivised
the expansion of private concessions in the Uyuni salt flat.

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