Pinochet's former son-in-law seeks to rule out that the State exploits lithium on its own and keep the business for himself without a tender
Ponce Lerou’s operation within the Government of Chile to perpetuate his control of lithium
The strategy that involves political representatives and operators within Codelco, Enami and on the second floor of La Moneda, would allow SQM to continue exploiting lithium in fiscal property for the next decades and save between 9 and 18 billion dollars that it would have to pay to the State in the event that it tendered the operation for the 'Salt Flat of Atacama'. A round business that Ponce's network is cooking behind the back of President Gabriel Boric