... economic crisis middle classes Alfonsín weathered a year of 300 percent inflation after taking office; the rate doubled in the first two years of his administration. In 1985, his government implemented the Austral Plan—an attempt to stabilize prices by changing the currency. Nevertheless, by 1989...

[email protected] © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 Sri Lanka protests debt economic crisis Gotabaya Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa There are few historical precedents for the events that unfolded in Sri Lanka between March and July 2022. Under the gaze of the global media...