Word: aquinos
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...body of exiled dictator Ferdinand Marcos finally returned to the Philippines for burial, four years after he died and seven years after he was overthrown in a popular revolt backed by the military. The government of Corazon Aquino had resisted a Marcos return, but her successor, President Fidel Ramos, a cousin of the dictator, judged that enough time had passed. Only 7,000 people from Marcos' home province greeted the body on its return; his widow Imelda had predicted 1 million...
...dictator Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines in shame. Only massive vote fraud had saved him from a crushing defeat in an presidential contest against a novice. Corazon Aquino's ability to use yellow as a political weapon without invoking Tony Orlando was her only asset. Nowadays people regard Marcos with amused indifference and remember him primarily for wife Imelda's footwear...
...said she takes pride in her efforts tobring together civilian and military wives fordiscussions. Aquino said she was particularlypleased to attend the wedding of a civilianstudent to a military cadet...
Although the Phillipines has recently facednatural disasters such as the recent earthquakeand typhoons, Aquino quipped that the 1991 Mt.Pinatubo volcanic eruption delayed the greenhouseeffect...
...Aquino said that an autobiography is in theworks, and that in the political arena she plansto pursue human rights causes in her country