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Thousands of Sri Lankans are protesting in the streets, the president is about to resign, the prime minister’s house has been set on fire, and the country has run out of money. What is happening? Why is Sri Lanka in crisis? What went wrong with the country’s economy?

TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/07/13/why-is-sri-lanka-in-crisis/

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Turmoil (n) - a state of confusion, uncertainty, or disorder

The whole region is in turmoil

Foreign Exchange Reserves (n) - the amounts of money in foreign currencies that a country has at a particular time

Exporting more than you import is the best way of building foreign exchange reserves

Mismanagement (n) - the process of organising or controlling something badly

Two schools were shut down due to financial mismanagement

Remittance (n) - money that is sent by a foreign worker back to their own country

Immigrants sent $45 billion in remittances to Latin America last year

Domestic (adj) - relating to a person’s own country

You do not need a passport for domestic flights

To lease (v) - to make a legal agreement by which money is paid to use land, a building, a vehicle etc for a period of time

Our building lease expires in two weeks

To storm (v) - to attack a place or building by entering suddenly in great numbers

The fortress was stormed by hundreds of soldiers

Bailout (n) - the act of helping a person or organisation that is in difficulty, usually by giving or lending money

The bank asked the government for a bailout

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