Word: corazon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Late last fall events began to move rapidly. In November, Marcos declared that he would hold a special presidential election to convince the Reagan Administration that he still enjoyed popular support. A month later, immediately following the acquittal of Ver, Corazon Aquino announced that she would challenge Marcos for the presidency. Cardinal Sin then helped persuade former Senator Salvador Laurel to join the Aquino ticket. In the meantime Enrile had been building his reform-movement, a highly visible band of about 100 well-trained soldiers whose aim was not to topple Marcos but to pressure him to reorganize the military...
After its initial concern about how the inexperienced Corazon Aquino would fare as President, the Administration was relieved that she gave important jobs to Laurel, Enrile, Ramos and other centrists, and adopted so conciliatory a tone toward her former opponents. Already there were hints of trouble ahead over the Marcoses' relocation, whether they decided to settle in Hawaii, California, New York or elsewhere, and over the legal status of Marcos' properties abroad. Though Marcos' only known income was his presidential salary of $5,700 a year, the Central Intelligence Agency has reportedly estimated the value of his family's worldwide...
...breathless clip of events in the Philippines last week left President Corazon Aquino with little room for herself, both figuratively and literally. A steady string of tasks, from selecting a Cabinet and ordering up various commissions to greeting diplomats and receiving journalists, crowded her time from the moment the Marcos family fled. Malacanang Palace proved unsuitable to receive the stream of visitors because Marcos loyalists had seeded the grounds with booby traps and looters had laid waste to the living quarters. Aquino was thus forced to continue operating out of the Manila building owned by her family, which, with...
...formality was appropriate for a presidential inauguration--even one called at short notice. But the dignitaries and affluent friends assembled at the Club Filipino in the Manila suburb of Greenhills merely formed a splendid backdrop for the more modestly attired guest of honor. Clad in a simple yellow dress, Corazon ("Cory") Aquino, 53, could hardly have imagined this moment three months ago, when her improbable quest for the Philippine presidency began. Her voice was calm and steady as she recited the presidential oath, her hand resting on a leather-bound Bible. "I am taking power in the name...
...transported across the globe without great difficulty. If satellite transmission stations are not available locally, they can be packed up and shipped in. Instant satellite hookups last week made possible such scenes as ABC Commentator George Will sparring with Soviet Journalist Vladimir Posner in Moscow, and President Corazon Aquino in the Philippines being interviewed by Dan Rather in the farm belt...