Sri Lanka

Anura Kumara Dissanayake
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The First Left President of Sri Lanka

October 1, 2024 fwstaff
By People’s Democracy, CPI(M) ANURA Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Janata Vimukti Perumana (JVP) and the National Peoples’ Power (an alliance of Left and progressive parties) won the presidential elections held on September 21 in […]
Sri Lanka protests against austerity during 2022
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Sri Lanka IMF Program Cannot Solve Internal Crisis

April 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Less than one year ago, the people of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka were up in arms over the worsening economic situation prompting hundreds of thousands of people to take […]
Sri Lanka people line up for fuel
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Sri Lanka Secures IMF Bailout Amid Global Debt Crisis

February 1, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe During 2022 the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka was the scene of large-scale protests prompted by an unprecedented economic crisis. For the first time in its post-colonial history, the country […]
Sri Lankan demonstrators protest their removal from the encampment in Colombo
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Sri Lanka Democracy Movement at the Crossroads

August 4, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe For several months the nation of Sri Lanka has been imperiled with the looming threat of complete economic collapse as fuel, food and other commodity prices skyrocketed. Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa became […]
Sri Lanka protest over economic conditions
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Protest Movement Rejects Parliamentary Appointment of Sri Lankan President

July 23, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Sri Lanka, an island-nation of 22 million people, has been the center of political and economic turmoil since the United National Party government defaulted on $51 billion in foreign debt during May. […]