El expresidente de Sri Lanka y “avatar del neoliberalismo” Ranil Wickremesinghe está siendo acusado de malversación de fondos públicos.

Former Sri Lankan President and “avatar of neoliberalism” Ranil Wickremesinghe is being charged with misuse of public funds

El PNP tendrá que aprovechar el movimiento multipolar insurgente en el Sur Global para construir un frente unido contra la deuda y el imperialismo.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, de la alianza de izquierdas Poder Popular Nacional, obtuvo una victoria histórica en las elecciones presidenciales de Sri Lanka.

Left candidate and the leader of the National People’s Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads the opinion polls in the elections dominated by the economic issues faced by the common Sri Lankans since 2022 crisis.

Ahilan Kadirgamar, Senior Lecturer at the University of Jaffna, talks about the political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka, one year after the uprising that overthrew President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He explains how the Ranil Wickremesinghe regime has combined repression with anti-people economic policies

The bailout package for Sri Lanka under IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) has been in the pipeline after the country defaulted on its foreign debt last April

Authorities have attempted to shut down growing protests with repressive police action, which has already caused the death of a protester, and a ban on strikes

As Sri Lanka celebrated its 75th independence day, protesters demanded justice for the victims of enforced disappearances in the aftermath of the civil war. The lavish scale of of the celebrations also came under criticism

As the government attempts to obtain a bailout from the IMF, it has imposed a series of austerity measures which have been widely condemned by trade unions and civil society

Wasantha Mudalige and Galwewa Siridhamma Thero were detained on August 18 under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act. Rights groups in the country and abroad have called for their immediate release

The UN team and non-governmental organizations working jointly on the island nation under the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan announced the revision and extension of HNP targets on November 8