Excerpts from Time Magazine
Corazon Aquino's Life in Photos
Stand-Off and then a Catholic Rebellion
Two weeks of a tense political stand-off occurred; U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who had long professed friendship with Marcos, sent in an envoy to suggest Aquino share power with the dictator. She refused, feeling it repugnant to be asked to work with a man she believed had ordered her husband's murder. Then, Marcos' Defense minister and the second-in-command of the armed forces led a mutiny against the regime; the Roman Catholic Cardinal of Manila, Jaime Sin, gave up all pretense of neutrality and ordered the faithful in the streets to support the mutineers in the name of Aquino. They came out in the millions.
Madame President
On Feb. 25, even as Marcos appeared to be adamant about remaining president, Aquino was sworn in by a justice of the Supreme Court as the first woman to lead the Philippines. In Washington, meanwhile, seeing the populace turn against his friend, Reagan called Marcos and convinced him to leave the Philippines for exile in Hawaii. The man who had ruled the Philippines for two decades said farewell to his loyalists as his wife Imelda sang a final song. Then they took off for American territory on U.S. Helicopters.
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08-03-2009, 09:51 PM #131C.I.A.
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08-03-2009, 11:08 PM #132
RIP Tita Cory..pray for us Filipinos.
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08-04-2009, 12:13 AM #133Junior Member
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thank you for giving us the freedom that we never had...rest in peace president corazon aquino...
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08-04-2009, 12:40 AM #134Senior Member
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will we ever have another president with as much integrity?
she will always be a president that we can follow wherever she would take us as her concept of moral justice and love of country is second to none. . .
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08-04-2009, 12:41 AM #135C.I.A.
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salamat cory...............
RIP democratic icon
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08-04-2009, 03:53 AM #136Senior Member
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Thank you MADAM CORY
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08-04-2009, 04:26 AM #137Senior Member
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Thank you, President Cory
my thoughts exactly...
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08-04-2009, 04:44 AM #138C.I.A.
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may you rest in peace mama cory!!!!
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08-04-2009, 06:10 AM #139
maayo ni nga president
makita man nimu basta maayo kang tao. daghan gyud mu adto sa imung wake.
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08-04-2009, 09:16 AM #140
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She has left us a great legacy. It is up to us now to continue her legacy and keep justice and democracy alive in our country.
Thank you President Cory and rest in God's hand.
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