CLAURE'S SHADY LINK WITH CARLOS GILL IN THE MARCELO CLAURE LITHIUM BUSINESS
IS ONCE AGAIN IN THE EYE OF THE STORM. Because of his partnership with the Paraguayan-Venezuelan Carlos Gill Ramírez, a businessman close
to the Movement for Socialism (MAS).
In recent days, there have been complaints about his rapprochements with Samuel Doria Medina and Andrónica Rodríguez. Seeking to guarantee privileged access to Bolivian lithium
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Li3 Energy Holding: the gateway
In November 2023, Claure and Gill founded the company Li3 Energy Holding SL in Madrid, with an initial capital of
one million euros.
The firm presents itself as an energy company, but its documents point to a central interest: Bolivian lithium, a strategic resource and “white gold” that the MAS has historically handled with irregularities.
Journalistic sources and financial reports indicate that the company was designed as a platform for the exploitation and export of the mineral to international markets.
Gill, one of MAS's favorite businessmen who owned media such as La Razón and El Extra, Gill consolidated his fortune thanks to deals and contracts during Evo's administration. Leaked documents describe him as a key player in economic and political operations for the MAS
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He is a member of 50% of Ferroviaria Andina and Oriental, the only companies capitalized in the 90s that Morales did not nationalize. It has woven an investment network in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, aimed at covering the route of the bioceanic train. The megaproject has active support from the Government of Bolivia
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Tailor-made contracts and rigged subcontracts Investigations
confirm that Gill uses subcontracting and direct contracting as mechanisms to favor MAS. He secures million-dollar contracts with the State that are then returned to his companies through subcontracts
. In the
cable car network project in La Paz and El Alto, Gill admitted to being a partner of Cotienne S.A., a subcontractor of Garaventa and Doppelmayr Bolivia S.A. Cotienne
received awards for more than 13 million Bolivians with “My Cable Car”.
The pattern is repeated in gas contracts. The construction of 22 regasification stations for more than 162 million Bolivians and the provision of 13 state-of-the-art radars by Thales Air Systems S.A.S.
Tuto Quiroga has publicly identified Gill as “Maduro's front man”, due to his ties to Chavism. According to Quiroga, he did business with the State in exchange for favouring Evo politically and mediatically
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Political alliances and pacts in the dark In
2025, Claure has been linked to both Doria Medina and Andrónica Rodríguez, socialist presidential candidates. The accusations suggest that he is exploring pacts with both to guarantee the control of lithium regardless of the electoral result
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Protected by political networks and high-level agreements. While the town is suffering from inflation, blackouts and energy poverty, lithium is being converted into a bargaining chip. The move is clear: Claure seeks to ensure that, whoever wins, lithium remains under her
orbit of influence.
With the Claure-Gill company, Bolivia faces a scenario of covert privatization. A multi-million dollar business that directly threatens national sovereignty
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