When Corazon Aquino challenged Ferdinand Marcos for the presidency of the Philippines, he scoffed that she had no experience. “It is true,” she replied. “I have no experience in lying, cheating, ...

When she was thrust into the political limelight in the Philippines in 1983 following the assassination of her politician husband Benigno, Corazon Aquino described herself as “just a housewife.” Well, ...

It shouldn’t have been surprising, really, that the world’s most populous continent would give birth to a movement called People Power. In 1986, a housewife from the Philippines whose given name meant ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The Philippines is in a state of national mourning after Corazon Aquino, who became the country's president after leading the fight to topple the Marcos dictatorship, died at 3:18 am of Saturday, Aug.

This is the first part of a two-part article. Corazon Aquino, former president of the Philippines, died of colon cancer on August 1. She had scarcely been dead for thirty minutes when eulogies and ...

Former President of the Philippines, Maria Corazon Aquino, has died at age 76 after being diagnosed with colon cancer last year. She was the Philippines' and Asia's first woman president. After the ...

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 Considered a ruthless Marcos ...

I am sorry to hear of the death yesterday of Corazon Aquino -- former president of the Philippines, widow of the assassinated senator Benigno Aquino, heroine of the "EDSA Revolution" of 1986 that ...

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