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Sri Lanka Stops Paying Foreign Debt as Protests Grow over Economic Crisis

HeadlineApr 13, 2022

Protesters in Sri Lanka are camping outside the president’s office for a fifth day demanding he resign from office as Sri Lanka faces a growing economic and political crisis. For months Sri Lanka has faced dire shortages of food, fuel and medicine. Sri Lanka is on the verge of bankruptcy and announced Tuesday that it would stop repaying its foreign debt.

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