'Famines are not caused by shortages, they are caused by lack of democracy'
Channel: Peoples Dispatch
Date: 2022-04-17

Protestors have been camped outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office for nearly a week demanding his resignation. Sri Lankans consider the Rajapaksa-led government responsible for the current economic crisis the country is witnessing. This crisis is being called the worst since the country’s independence in 1948. It has led to severe shortages of food, fuel, medicines and even water.
What has led to this crisis?