SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka — Whoever Sri Lanka's next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn't expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantation.
Both leading candidates in Saturday's presidential election are promising to give land to the country's hundreds of thousands of plantation workers, but Manohari says she's heard it all before. S…

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Sri Lanka's plantation workers live on the margins, but politicians want their votes

Both leading candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election are promising to give land to the country’s hundreds of thousands of plantation workers, but the long-marginalized group has heard promises like these before

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Whoever Sri Lanka's next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn't expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantation. Both leading candidates in Saturday's presidential election are promising to give land to the country's hundreds of thousands of plantation workers, but Manohari says she's heard it all before. Sri Lanka's plantation worke…

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SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantation.  Both leading candidates in Saturday’s presidential election are promising to give land to the country’s hundreds of thousands of plantation workers, but Manohari says she’s heard it all bef…

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SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantation. Both leading candidates in Saturday’s presidential election are promising to give land to the country’s hundreds of thousands of plantation workers, but Manohari says she’s heard it all befo…

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Associated Press SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Both leading candidates in Sri Lanka’s presidential election are promising to give land to the country’s hundreds of thousands of plantation workers, but the long-marginalized group has heard promises like these before. Sri Lanka’s plantation workers frequently live in dire poverty, but they can swing elections by voting as a bloc. They’re descended from Indian indentured laborers who were brought…

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Both leading candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election are promising to give land to the country's hundreds of thousands of plantation workers, but the long-marginalized group has heard promises like these before.

Sri Lanka's plantation workers live on the margins, but politicians want their votes

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