A protégé of Ferdinand Marcos, he helped administer martial law for eight years before turning on his patron in the “People Power” uprising of 1986. By Seth Mydans She had been competing in pageants ...
ON 25 FEBRUARY 1986, Corazon Aquino—seen here, second from left, during a Women’s Day protest march in Manila the previous ...
MANILA, Philippines(AP) — Juan Ponce Enrile, the Philippine defense chief in a martial-law era notorious for human rights atrocities, democratic setbacks and plunder who later broke off from dictator ...
(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines. Wife of the late Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines for 20 years until he was ousted in 1986. Her ...
Juan Ponce Enrile, a shrewd political operator who helped usher in the darkest repression of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos's rule, died on Thursday at the age of 101, his daughter said ...
Other Facts: Her nickname in the Philippines was the "Iron Butterfly." Wife of the late Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines for 20 years until he was ousted in 1986. The Marcos family were ...