Word: ferdinand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...YORK--Deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda were indicted on U.S. federal racketeering charges yesterday for allegedly stealing more than $100 million from their country...
...gains are often fragile. The Philippines ousted its dictator Ferdinand Marcos in February 1986, the same month that Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier was forced into exile from Haiti, ending the dynasty that his father "Papa Doc" established in 1957. Since then the government of President Corazon Aquino has weathered four coup attempts. In theory, Panama is governed by a constitutionally elected President, but President Eric Arturo Delvalle discovered otherwise last February when he tried to fire General Manuel Noriega and found himself ousted instead. Next month Chileans will have an opportunity to vote in a national plebiscite...
...bicycle spokes fired from slingshots. "Don't believe them," said a man watching the soldiers rumble along. "They will kill when they get the order." An elderly Burmese woman watched the troops. She shook her head and said, "Ne Win? He is like a cross between Pol Pot and Ferdinand Marcos...
...heavily partisan crowd applauded Dukakis's attacks on the vice president's connections to the Ayatollah Khomeini, Manuel Noriega and Ferdinand Marcos. The crowd erupted for many of the Duke's one-liners, including his reference to Bush's 1964 characterization of Medicare as "socialized medicine" and his description of Bush as the "Joe Isuzu of American politics...
...circuit suspected Laurel was more concerned about his political future than good government. That theory got a boost last week when Laurel joined Juan Ponce Enrile, Aquino's former Defense Minister, to launch a new opposition party. Laurel is expected to head the alliance, which includes disgruntled supporters of Ferdinand Marcos. Said Hernando Perez, a pro-Aquino member of the House of Representatives: "Laurel will join any party that will make him President...