The crash in the local currency that has resulted in a sharp increase in prices led to the outbreak of small protests in a number of cities around the country. “There is no way to get back our dignity other than the street,” a protester in Beirut told a local TV station. The dollar briefly traded at 10,000 Lebanese pounds on Tuesday afternoon. Lebanon has been hammered by one crisis after another, starting with the outbreak of anti-government protests against the country’s corrupt political class in October 2019. Enough humiliation of the people.”The crash in the local currency will throw more people into poverty.

Source: Egypt Independent March 03, 2021 08:48 UTC