Strings Attached: Western Banks and Sri Lanka’s Political Crisis

Sri Lanka has seen mass protests for weeks that drove President Rajapaksa from power. But now the protests have been dispersed and his close ally — a six-time Prime Minister and acting President — has been appointed to replace him.

Niyanthini Kadirgamar, PhD student at University of Amherst and member of Sri Lanka’s Feminist Collective for Economic Justice, explain