Tag: Sri lankan crisis

For many years, the Rajapaksa dynasty in Sri Lanka dominated the island country with an iron grip, instilling fear among political opponents, journalists, and other people they saw as threats to their authority. They are currently being driven out of their houses and out of power by demonstrators. Following months of mass demonstrations against rising costs and shortages of necessities like food and petrol, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 73, is set to step down on Wednesday.   Protesters who were yelling "Gota Go Home" forced him to leave the property on Saturday after compelling him to spend the previous few days locked up at his official beachfront mansion. The turmoil revealed the public's rage against Rajapaksa, whose three-year rule has left Sri Lanka beseeching th