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xyzzy123
5 months ago
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Sri Lanka scrambles to restore power after monkey ...
What happened was that they ran out of forex and couldn't buy it any more. The government subsidises it heavily.
graemep
5 months ago
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Not really, the government tried a short term solution to a lack of forex, which caused a drop in agricultural productivity which lead to much worse consequences about an year later.
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