Sri Lanka has a new leader today. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who won the presidential election with a Marxist platform, rode a wave of anger against the former president’s handling of the island nation’s economy. Dayan Jayatilleka spoke to The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler about the significance of that victory from Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo.
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