Sri Lanka’s IMF ‘Bail Out’ Suits US Geo-Political Interests – OpEd

By Kalinga Seneviratne

On March 21, when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made a long-awaited official announcement that it has approved a $3 billion "bailout" for Sri Lanka, President Ranil Wickremasinghe's supporters lighted firecrackers to welcome the news. But local sceptics doubt whether the IMF is really bailing out...