How Lebanon鈥檚 economy collapsed
Protests, power cuts and bank hold-ups 鈥� Lebanon was already struggling before the 2020 port explosion devasted its capital, Beirut, but now it鈥檚 in a desperate economic collapse.
Protests, power cuts and bank hold-ups 鈥� Lebanon was already struggling before the 2020 port explosion that devasted its capital, Beirut, but now it鈥檚 in a desperate economic collapse. The Lebanese people are struggling to buy basic food and medicine. And the country also hosts the highest number of refugees per capita worldwide. 成人论坛 correspondent in Beirut, Carine Torbey, tells us how Lebanon got here and how it might recover.
Presenter: Claire Graham. Producer: Owen McFadden.
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