No money, no medicine, no food Sri Lankans unite in fury
While angry cries and anti-government slogans filled the streets of Colombo last Saturday, Chanda Upul desperately pushed his wares of soft drinks and bottled water on protesters. But in his heart he was chanting along with them.
Sri Lanka has descended into its worst financial crisis since independence, with food, fuel, medicine and electricity increasingly scarce, and calls for the president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa – frequently referred to as Gota – to step down.
Upul is among those pushed to
