Sri Lanka is in an unprecedented crisis following a wave of protests that erupted due to a severe economic collapse that is plaguing the island country in Southeast Asia.
The country's government has resigned after several days of protests, along with the central bank's governor
and chairman of the local IMF.
To quell the protest, attempts to overthrow the Internet, a wave of arrests and the deployment of military forces to the streets of the capital Colombo
. "He must go, he has robbed us of everything, we can no longer exist.
Even in the hospitals there is no more medicine, "says Nadi Vandorgala, a resident of the capital Colombo, who went out to demonstrate with her husband and two daughters despite the curfew.
Sri Lanka is suffering from a severe shortage of many basic goods, including food, medicine and fuels, after the country's foreign exchange stock ran out and it is having difficulty paying for imports of products from other countries.
As a result, millions were forced to line up for fuel, sugar, flour and other food products.
In hospitals in the country there is a noticeable shortage of medical equipment and food prices have jumped rapidly.
The economic crisis and the big protest are the first significant threat to the rule of President Rajfaxa, who has ruled the country along with his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaxa, since winning the 2019 elections. Major Islamic attacks in which hundreds of civilians were killed and organized by ISIS.
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