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...decision made, he sought Lieut. General Fidel Ramos' help. "I called Eddie. I had never discussed anything with him over the years, except in terms of the reform movement's general lack of aggressive intentions and its interest in institutional change. I told him, 'My boys are in this predicament, and I will have to be with them. I would like to find out whether you will join us or not.' General Ramos said, 'I am with...
...child of four when CIA-backed Cuban insurgents made their disastrous landing in 1961, but he captures with compassion and accuracy the Kennedy Administration's fundamental miscalculation: the belief in a nonexistent Cuban underground that was only waiting for a signal of support to rise up and overthrow Fidel Castro. Reddin presents the Bay of Pigs fiasco as a dress rehearsal by America's best and brightest for their misjudgments in Viet Nam. Some of the funniest scenes depict the white-collar macho of bureaucrats who react to caution as a sign of deficient manhood. Reddin's cutting strokes...
Lieut. General Fidel Ramos, Vice Chief of the armed forces, and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile announced that they were breaking with the unregenerate Marcos and called for his immediate resignation. Marcos, Enrile said, had committed fraud in the Feb. 7 special election, and should step down "while there is still time." Declared Ramos: "The time has come to reverse the situation...
...rallying cry was born. Since then, the We Belong movement has gained varying degrees of support from as many as half of the Philippine military's 15,000 officers. Last week the armed forces Deputy Chief of Staff Lieut. General Fidel Ramos, 57, and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, 62, took the unorthodox--and daring--step of resigning their lofty posts to signal that they too belong...
...speech, Reagan portrayed Cuba as an international menace and said President Fidel Castro's "tyranny still weighs heavy on the shoulders of his people and threatens the peace and freedom of the hemisphere...