Colombo on-the-ground: A Mass Movement Ousts Corrupt Politicians

A report-back from The Indy's Amba Guerguerian. Sri Lanka, the teardrop-shaped island nation of 23 million people located just south of India. The country has been in the throes of an economic meltdown. A mass protest movement erupted in April; on July 10, thousands of demonstrators took over the presidential palace and sent the country’s leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing into exile. In now-iconic images, the protesters were seen taking selfies on the President’s canopied bed and splashing in his private swimming pool. Guerguerian has been following this story and is in touch with Sri Lanka protesters in the capital city of Colombo.