As Sri Lanka Nears a Collapse, Where Is America?

Sri Lanka’s capital city, Colombo, is now a ghost town. The purchasing power of the country’s burgeoning middle class is all but nonexistent: the Sri Lankan rupee is now the world’s worst-performing currency. One American dollar would fetch 326 rupees. 

Sri Lankans during a protest at Colombo April 20, 2022. AP/Eranga Jayawardena

Thirteen years after the end of a civil  war, Sri Lanka is again on the brink of chaos. 

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