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Economist Podcasts

Gota the trouble: Sri Lanka’s crises

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Through ineptitude and bad timing, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa—known as Gota—has driven his country toward ruin. Its people want him out. Russian forces have occupied Kherson since early March. We hear a report from the ground about life under foreign occupation. And tasting awamori, a Japanese spirit that distillers may lift from the doldrums simply by watering it down. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. In New York, I'm John Fastman.

1:05.0

And from London, I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events

1:10.2

shaping your world.

1:13.5

Russian soldiers seized Harrison, a port city in southern Ukraine, in early March.

1:19.2

Its residents have protested, even drawing Russian gunfire and grenades.

1:23.5

We hear from one man there about what life has been like under foreign occupation.

1:29.7

And you've probably heard of sake and you may have heard of shochu, two Japanese tipples made from rice.

1:36.4

But there's also Awamori, potent stuff that's been in a decline that might be reversed simply by making it less firing.

1:50.8

Yeah. decline that might be reversed simply by making it less firing. First up, though.

1:56.5

Hundreds of furious protesters gathered this week outside the residents of Sri Lanka's prime minister.

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