Word: rizal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...among the countries of Asia, it has never been steadied by an ancient culture; its sense of itself, and its potential, was further worn away by nearly four centuries of Spanish and American colonialism. The absence of a spirit of national unity has also made democracy elusive. Even Jose Rizal, a political reformer shot by the Spanish and a national hero, called the Filipinos "a people without a soul." Yet in February, for a few extraordinary moments, the people of the Philippines proved their bravery to the world, and to themselves...
...Malacanang Palace grounds. Checkpoints were installed on roads leading into the capital. In midafternoon, as soon as she had told the nation of her decision to oust Enrile, the President gave the oath of office to Ileto. Then she went to the Quirino grandstand in Manila's Rizal Park and declared at a religious rally that the country had been spared a catastrophe. "I suppose our prayers have again been answered," she said, "because this afternoon we have once again done something that was peaceful. All our ministers have resigned." Putting it more bluntly, Teodoro Benigno declared that with Enrile...
...most recent of the Manila disturbances was a 40-hour comedy of errors that seemed to parody the February revolution. The charade began when about 8,000 Marcos loyalists gathered in the capital's Rizal Park, as they have done every Sunday since mid-March, to champion their exiled leader, now reigning over a seaside villa in Honolulu. Then, as is their custom, more than 1,000 members of the ragtag group drifted into the nearby Manila Hotel, the onetime playground of Imelda Marcos, for drinks. This time, however, they were joined by two truckloads of armed soldiers. The next...
...Marcoses struggled in Hawaii to set their version of the record straight, loyalist forces took to the streets in the Philippines, chanting, "Marcos! Marcos still!" According to intelligence reports, a series of recent demonstrations, including a large rally early last week at Manila's Rizal Park, were bankrolled by officers loyal to Marcos who offered Filipinos from $5 to $10 to attend. The following day, 93 of the 177 elected members of the 200-seat National Assembly abolished by Aquino held a session in which they declared that they were reopening the defunct parliament. Marcos' vice- presidential running mate, Arturo...
Aquino's tenacity was apparent earlier in the week when she kicked off her "People's Victory" campaign at a rally in Manila's Rizal Park. While hundreds of thousands of supporters swirled below her, Aquino announced a program of nonviolent protest designed to pressure Marcos into calling it quits. At the center of the campaign is a boycott of businesses, news media and banks controlled by the government or Marcos intimates. The culmination is a 24-hour work stoppage planned for this week, one day after Marcos' scheduled Feb. 25 inauguration...