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by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake  The writer, Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  Links to Gospa News articles have been added by our Editorial Staff Calls for divestment from BlackRock and other International Sovereign Bonds (ISB), have echoed across Columbia, Yale and many non-Ivy League universities in the United States recently. BlackRock is heavily invested in weapons companies fueling a genocidal war in Palestine. However, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF), debt restructuring operations in the Global South appear designed to ensure BlackRock’s enhanced profitability. BlackRock the world’s biggest investment fund manager and Sri Lanka’s largest […] #Asia #Featured #Government #Investigations #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/imf-mission-creep-while-green-blue-and-pink-washing-blackrock/?feed_id=12159

The Anatomy of Default and the IMF in Sri Lanka by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. With the wisdom of hindsight, the Root Causes of Sri Lanka’s first ever Sovereign Default, staged three years ago on the eve of 75 years of ‘Independence’ from the British Raj are clear. When the default happened in March 2021, there was too much Aragalaya protest hype and confusion to discern the deep structures, transnational financial networks, and vested interests (including elite members […] #Asia #Featured #Government #History #Life Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/02/blackrock-on-the-attack-hybrid-economic-war-with-neocolonial-debt-bondage-in-the-indian-ocean/?feed_id=9019

In the cover image Sri Lankan President unveils ambitious national green vision paving the way for a sustainable future Fri, Nov 3, 2023, 07:43 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a test case for 54 other countries in US dollar-Eurobond debt traps by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. We live in an age of anxiety, a nervous system, a state of permanent emergency that is conducive to a range of psychological operations (PSY-OPS). Anxiety narrows […] #Featured #Investigations #ScienceResearch #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/11/climate-science-fiction-through-biowarfare-and-directed-energy-weapons-versus-local-realities/?feed_id=6936

by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. An International Monetary Fund (IMF), team was in Sri Lanka from September 14-to 27 to discuss economic and financial policies and conduct the First Review of the Extended Fund Facility program comprised of a loan of USD 2.9 billion to be disbursed over four years. The  lender of last resorts was unable to reach a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka in its first review under a $2.9bn bailout package. While the IMF team […] #Featured #Life #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/10/sri-lanka-debt-justice-collective-sends-alarming-open-letter-to-imf-on-ddo/?feed_id=4402

In the cover image one of ne of the paradisiacal beaches of Sri Lanka, a nation at the center of an international hybrid war for the control of the island in a strategic position in the geopolitical and military area of the Indian Ocean by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. Sri Lanka continues to swing wildly between being a ‘Donor Darling’ flooded with foreign ‘aid’ and ‘advisors’ on the one hand, and a ‘bankrupt’ pariah or outcast on the […] #Featured #Life #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/from-donor-darling-to-outcast-sri-lanka-ignores-brics-amid-cold-war-and-climate-hypocrisy/?feed_id=2946

In the cover image one of ne of the paradisiacal beaches of Sri Lanka, a nation at the center of an international hybrid war for the control of the island in a strategic position in the geopolitical and military area of the Indian Ocean by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. Sri Lanka continues to swing wildly between being a ‘Donor Darling’ flooded with foreign ‘aid’ and ‘advisors’ on the one hand, and a ‘bankrupt’ pariah or outcast on the […] #Featured #Life #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/from-donor-darling-to-outcast-sri-lanka-ignores-brics-amid-cold-war-and-climate-hypocrisy/?feed_id=2918