The Protests in Silanka

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Stilanka already had an incredibly high debt to g d p ratio of and very low levels of government revenue. The country experienced drug shortagas fewel shortages and powr cats, more than a dozen houses belonging to leading politicians were vandalized. I came here to show my support for the people who are doing the protest, and also i believe that we need to do our part to stop this corruption.

Sri Lanka’s “Go home, Gota!” protesters want to throw President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out of office. Reveal’s Ike Sriskandarajah explains what could happen if Gota "goes home" to the serene suburbs of Southern California.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Haleema Shah with help from Victoria Dominguez, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.

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