Word: ferdinand
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Beefy, forceful Premier Masayoshi Ohira is affectionately, and sometimes not so affectionately, known as "the Bull.' After last week's parliamentary elections he appeared to be about as invincible and fire-breathing as Ferdinand. Gloated one opposition leader: "This election was his idea completely, and he fell flat on his face...
...government corruption and violations of human rights, and declared that in the face of "manifest, longstanding tyranny," the use of force "is not absolutely ruled out." This was a thinly veiled warning that church leaders might one day no longer condemn open rebellion against the regime of President Ferdinand Marcos...
TIME has rendered the cause of Philippine freedom a splendid service [Sept. 24]. It is now clear that Ferdinand Marcos' latest excuse-economic crisis-for continuing martial law is the product of his own government's corruption and mismanagement. Meanwhile, as with the Shah and Somoza, the U.S. will continue to support Marcos until the moderate opposition is incapable of administering a peaceful and orderly transition back to democracy. When will the U.S. learn...
From the rice fields of northern Luzon to the coconut groves of southern Mindanao, anger and rebellion are rising in the Philippines, a country that threatens to become a powder keg in the Pacific region. The resentment is directed primarily at the corruption-tinged, autocratic regime of President Ferdinand Marcos, who seven years ago imposed martial law on the 7,000 islands of the Philippine archipelago. Today he rules as both President and Prime Minister over a dangerously deteriorating society. Despite statistically impressive increases in his country's per capita income, poverty and hunger affect most of the Philippines...
First, the U.S. should be especially wary of embracing dictatorships that have sprung up in countries with democratic traditions, like Chile and Greece. The Pinochet junta is an aberration in modern Chilean history and may well go the way of the Greek Colonels. The same could be true of Ferdinand Marcos, although democracy in the Philippines has always been fragile and turbulent. Conversely, the U.S. has little choice but to tolerate military rule where it is the norm. For example, South Korea's Park Chung Hee suppresses dissent by an "emergency decree" superficially similar to Marcos' martial...