lebanon: Lebanon, heavily indebted, faces financial strains linked to a slowdown in capital inflows needed for the funding of the government and the import-dependent economy, according to The Japan Times. Years of low growth have also weighed on the economy. Demonstrators carrying signs and flags marched along a main road, chanting Down with capitalism and Leave! amid heightened security in the area, while others stood outside parliament. ; Protesters gathered in at least three other areas in Lebanon, including a main highway that leads to Damascus, the state news agency said. Shrinking remittances of foreign currency in recent years from Lebanese abroad have also put pressure on the central bank's international reserves. The funds pledged at that conference by France and other donor states and institutions have yet to be released. Lebanon won pledges of 11 billion in investment linked to long-delayed reforms aimed at putting public finances on a sustainable path at a conference in Paris last year.
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