Sri Lanka nel caos. Calma a Colombo, ma situazione ancora incerta. FOTO

Una crisi senza precedenti: l'inflazione sfiora il 60%, crolla il Pil e mancano le materie prime. Il presidente Gotabaya Rajapaksa ha accettato di dimettersi entro mercoledì, ma è stato costretto a fuggire dalla sua residenza, invasa dalla folla. I manifestanti hanno dato alle fiamme anche la residenza del premier. Nuovi scontri nella notte, almeno 40 i feriti

Members of security personnel stand guard in front of the residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, a day after it was vandalised by the protestors in Colombo on July 10, 2022. - Sri Lankan protesters set the prime minister's private home on fire, hours after chasing the president from his residence, as months of frustration over an unprecedented economic crisis boiled over on July 9. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Al momento è tornata la calma nelle strade di Colombo, ma la situazione in Sri Lanka resta incerta dopo le violente manifestazioni contro il governo per la gestione della crisi economica

Sri Lanka, invasa residenza presidenziale. Si dimettono primo ministro e presidente. FOTO

Members of special task force stand guard in front of the residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, a day after it was vandalised by the protestors in Colombo on July 10, 2022. - Sri Lankan protesters set the prime minister's private home on fire, hours after chasing the president from his residence, as months of frustration over an unprecedented economic crisis boiled over on July 9. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

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In attesa delle dimissioni del presidente Gotabaya Rajapaksa, entro la prossima settimana, si sono fatti da parte anche due persone a lui molto vicine: il capo del servizio stampa, Sudewa Hettiarachchi, ed il ministro dei media Bandula Gunawardana, che ha lasciato anche il suo incarico alla guida del partito presidenziale

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Cadets of Sri Lankan Air Force stand guard in front of the residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister, a day after it was vandalised by the protestors in Colombo on July 10, 2022. - Sri Lankan protesters set the prime minister's private home on fire, hours after chasing the president from his residence, as months of frustration over an unprecedented economic crisis boiled over on July 9. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sull'onda delle oceaniche proteste, il premier Ranil Wickremesinghe ha cercato di aprire la strada a un governo di unità nazionale, convocando d'urgenza un incontro con i partiti di opposizione a cui ha proposto le sue dimissioni

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An anti-government protester throws back a gas canister during a protest demanding president and prime minister to step down near president's residence at Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 July 2022 (Photo by Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Gli Stati Uniti hanno esortato il futuro nuovo governo a "lavorare rapidamente" su soluzioni per ripristinare la stabilità economica e affrontare il malcontento popolare per il peggioramento delle condizioni economiche. Il Fondo monetario internazionale (Fmi) si augura la ripresa dei colloqui per il salvataggio finanziario, come si legge in una nota

Sri Lanka in default, inflazione al 40%: mancato pagamento di cedole da 78 milioni

GALLE, SRI LANKA - JULY 09: Anti-government protesters hold the country flag during protests calling for the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on July 09, 2022 in Galle, Sri Lanka. Beleaguered Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in Colombo after thousands of anti-government protesters stormed the compound, amid growing calls for his resignation. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

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Una marea umana si è riversata, in queste ultime ore, nella capitale Colombo per cacciare il capo dello Stato Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ritenuto responsabile della drammatica recessione in cui è piombato il Paese

GALLE, SRI LANKA - JULY 09: Anti-government protesters hold placards during protests calling for the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on July 09, 2022 in Galle, Sri Lanka. Beleaguered Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said he would resign after he fled his official residence in Colombo following thousands of anti-government protesters storming the compound. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 72 anni, è stato accusato in passato di aver guidato squadroni della morte e per questo è soprannominato "Terminator". Ha ricoperto anche la carica di segretario del ministero della Difesa, controllando le forze armate e la polizia

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - 2022/05/19: University students take part in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis. (Photo by Amitha Thennakoon/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Sotto la sua presidenza, iniziata nel 2019, il Paese ha affrontato la peggiore crisi economica dall'indipendenza del 1948, con un default sul debito estero di 51 miliardi di dollari nell'aprile 2022

Sri Lanka's nationalist Buddhist monks demonstrate in Colombo on July 7, 2022, denouncing the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's ongoing economic crisis. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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L'economia dello Sri Lanka, che si basa sul turismo, è stata colpita prima dagli attacchi islamisti della Pasqua 2019, per poi essere affondata dalla pandemia di Covid. L'aumento dell'inflazione negli ultimi mesi ha portato, oltre che al rialzo dei prezzi, ad una grave carenza di alimenti, farmaci e carburante

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA Ã¢ JULY 09: Sri Lankan protestors set fire to Prime Minister Ranil WickremesingheÃ¢s private residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 09, 2022. Months into the countryÃ¢s worst-ever economic crisis, thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka on Saturday stormed the presidentÃ¢s official residence and demanded his immediate resignation, local media reported. Holding Sri Lankan flags and helmets, some protesters broke through police barricades and entered President Gotabaya RajapaksaÃ¢s residence in the capital Colombo, leading law enforcement to fire in the air to disperse them, according to video from local TV news channel NewsFirst. Local media claimed that Rajapaksa left the residence and was taken to a safe place. TV footage shows some of these protestors bursting through the gates of the presidential secretariat on the seafront, which has been the site of a sit-in protest for months. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called an emergency meeting of political party leaders amid growing anger over the governmentÃ¢s handling of the economic crisis. (Photo by M.A. Pushpa Kumara/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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In migliaia ieri hanno invaso la residenza presidenziale, costringendo Rajapaksa a fuggire. La protesta si è spinta poi fino all'abitazione del primo ministro Ranil Wickremesinghe, che in serata è stata data alle fiamme

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA Ã¢ JULY 09: Firefighters in action at the private residence of Prime Minister Private Residence after protestors set it on fire in Colombo Sri Lanka, July 09, 2022. Months into the countryÃ¢s worst-ever economic crisis, thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka on Saturday stormed the presidentÃ¢s official residence and demanded his immediate resignation, local media reported. Holding Sri Lankan flags and helmets, some protesters broke through police barricades and entered President Gotabaya RajapaksaÃ¢s residence in the capital Colombo, leading law enforcement to fire in the air to disperse them, according to video from local TV news channel NewsFirst. Local media claimed that Rajapaksa left the residence and was taken to a safe place. TV footage shows some of these protestors bursting through the gates of the presidential secretariat on the seafront, which has been the site of a sit-in protest for months. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called an emergency meeting of political party leaders amid growing anger over the governmentÃ¢s handling of the economic crisis. (Photo by M.A. Pushpa Kumara/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Poche ore prima era stato lo stesso premier a dimettersi per primo, dopo le richieste dei leader dei principali partiti, che ora intendono formare un governo di unità nazionale

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Tenendo in mano bandiere ed elmetti dello Sri Lanka, alcuni manifestanti hanno sfondato le barricate della polizia e sono entrati nella residenza del presidente, portando le forze dell'ordine a sparare in aria per disperderli