A political reckoning in Sri Lanka as debt crisis grows

FILE - Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters during a party convention held to announce the presidential candidacy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 11, 2019. Thousands of Sri Lankans have protested outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office in recent weeks, demanding that he and his brother, Mahinda, who is prime minister, quit for leading the island into its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948. With the island teetering near bankruptcy, the protests highlight the dramatic fall of the Rajapaksas from the most influential political dynasty to a family grasping to retain power. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)