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...Aquino supporters, convinced that theircandidate will win if the elections are fair, havebeen working to publicize Marcos' ill health inorder to undermine his image as a powerful andeffective leader among the people of thePhilippines, Corsino said...
Support for Aquino is especially strong in theBoston area, where her husband, the slainopposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., spentthree years in self-imposed exile. During two ofthose years, the resistance figure was a fellow atthe Harvard Center for International Affairs,before returning to the Philippines, where he wasshot to death August...
...Corsino said Aquino activists "cannot beoptimistic about the results of the election,"because of the "network of fraud" already inplace...
...order for Aquino to be elected, according toCorsino, the U.S. government must take a strongerstand against the Marcos regime. President Reaganhas declared his support for whichever candidatethe Philippines chooses by "free and fairelections...
...Hong Kong Bureau Chief Sandra Burton has experienced the attendant rush of adrenaline more than once during the three years she has spent covering the Philippines. Perhaps her most unforgettable -- and terrifying -- moment came at Manila International Airport on Aug. 21, 1983. After flying with Opposition Leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino on China Airlines Flight 811 from Taipei, Burton watched as Aquino was escorted from the plane by Filipino soldiers. Moments later, while her tape recorder whirred, she heard gunfire as he was cut down. During the slain leader's funeral, she caught her first glimpse of Aquino's wife Corazon...