Sri Lanka: No Money, No Government, No Economy, No Fuel, The Emergence Of The “King Of The World” Near?

in #news3 years ago

"Unable to provide adequate fuel, the Colombo government this week announced desperate measures to halt many public and economic activities, provoking deeper anger among workers, the poor and youth. The government has virtually no foreign exchange to import essentials, including fuel, food items and medicines."
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/06/22/ptdz-j22.html

"Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage.

The country is suffering its worst economic crisis, with foreign exchange reserves at a record low and the island of 22 million struggling to pay for essential imports of food, medicine and, most critically, fuel"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sri-lanka-stops-fuel-supply-to-non-essential-services-as-crisis-worsens/ar-AAYWuGL

Sri Lanka has no money or government. And now?
https://oltnews.com/sri-lanka-has-no-money-or-government-and-now

Sri Lankan prime minister: Island's economy 'has collapsed'
https://www.wiscnews.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/sri-lanka-pm-says-economy-has-collapsed-unable-to-buy-oil/article_39d40884-790e-5e63-b5b7-5b6a5e1ae9ca.html

Sri Lanka is on the verge of 'humanitarian emergency', with hundreds boarding boats set for Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-14/sri-lanka-people-smugglers-use-australian-election/101147394

"the tiny island nation of Sri Lanka, where within the small temple village of Kataragama the adherents of three major religions currently join together to worship this deity who has been called “King of the World.” In the traditions of the Moslem Sufis, who refer to him as al-Khadir, it is believed that this semi-mythical deity makes a public appearance at Kataragama every five hundred years."
http://peacock-angel.org/pinkham.king.of.the.world.htm

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