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...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 ("Cory"). Says Burton: "We had no idea then that the small woman in the lead van would become the reluctant leader of her husband's movement...
...Sometimes that vigil lasted for hours, under glaring sunshine and the occasional tropical downpour, but the crowds were quiet and uncomplaining. Finally, when the long-awaited political caravan straggled into view, the throngs invariably exploded into ecstasy. As small children ran alongside the open jeep that bore Opposition Candidate Corazon ("Cory") , Aquino, 53, supporters threw yellow and white confetti and shouted a welcome: "Cory! Cory! Cory...
...woman who has challenged the lame but still powerful Marcos machine has few formal qualifications for her dragon-slaying role. Corazon Cojuangco Aquino is nonetheless fully at home with the local perquisites of privilege and authority. Her family and that of her martyred husband Benigno are charter members of the Philippine political and economic oligarchy that was pushed aside by Marcos. Corazon Aquino's father was a sugar baron, and her maternal grandfather was a Philippine Senator. One of her cousins, Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., is reckoned to be the President's closest economic crony. He is controller of a national...
...recurring accusation against President Ferdinand Marcos is that he, his wife Imelda and their friends have used their power to plunder the Philippines, thereby aggravating the country's economic plight. Opposition Candidate Corazon Aquino played on the issue last week, promising a thorough investigation of the Marcos family's financial dealings if she wins. "The new leadership will exert all efforts to eliminate the social cancer of graft and corruption," she declared. "What belongs to the people will be given back to the people...
Marcos enjoys several significant advantages even before the balloting begins. His K.B.L. Party has a campaign war chest of $160 million, six times the amount Corazon Aquino and Laurel have at their disposal. Marcos commands the armed forces, whose troops serve as peacekeepers, and he appoints the Commission on Elections. Most important, perhaps, the President and his supporters own all five television stations in the country, and have imposed a virtual blackout on coverage of the Aquino campaign...