The rupe has declined by more than 30 % against the dollar. Food and fuel as becoming incredibly expensive. People are very angry, and they have taken to the streets to protest. The government really failed to read the public that mister adepaxo imposed a state of emergency about a week ago - which he hoped would quell the protest.
Through ineptitude and bad timing, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa—known as Gota—has driven his country toward ruin. Its people
want him out. Russian forces have occupied
Kherson since early March. We hear a report from the ground about life under foreign occupation. And tasting awamori, a Japanese spirit that distillers may lift from the doldrums simply by
watering it down. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
The Economist, subscribe here
www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer