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Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh accuses US of being behind the massive protests that ousted her from power. Sheikh Hasina says she would have remained in power if she had given up a bay for the Americans to set up an air base. This is the first reaction from the so-called Iron Lady of Bangladesh after several riots that resulted in her ousting from the government after more than 15 years in power. For the outgoing Prime Minister, now a refugee in India, the protests are the work of the United States. “I could have stayed in the wineskin if I had left St. Maarten and the Bay of Bengal to the United States,” Sheikh Hasina said in a message sent to her Awami League supporters and replicated by Indian media. The American interest in Bangladesh is explained by the country’s geographical location, in the strategic eastern part of India, with significant proximity to China. The leader’s comment comes amid tense relations with the US and alleged plans to establish an air base in the Bangladeshi bay, recently made by Sheikh Hasina. The protests that led to the resignation of the Bangladeshi prime minister resulted in more than 400 deaths. Source: O País

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