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...Her popularity rating has fallen to the lowest levels for any president since the downfall of the Marcos dictatorship in 1986....
...Mr Aquino is the only son of democracy icon Corazon Aquino, who led the 1986 “Yellow Revolution” that toppled the Marcos dictatorship after her husband, Benigno Aquino Jr, was assassinated....
...When Mr Marcos called for a snap election in 1985, anti-Marcos forces prevailed on a reluctant Mrs Aquino to run against him, arguing that people’s sympathy for her slain husband made her the only viable...
...No coup has succeeded in the Philippines, though military withdrawal of support played a key role in the downfall of two presidents: Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and Mr Estrada in 2001....
...In Monday’s election, names from the past – in addition to Arroyo, Aquino and Estrada – include Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, son of the late dictator, who is running for the Senate, and none other than Imelda...
...Joseph Estrada, who came next, was a matinee idol whose script was cut short by a second exercise of people power that installed Mrs Arroyo....
...Mrs Arroyo, the country’s second-longest reigning postwar president after the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, rose to power in 2001 after the military withdrew their support for then-president Joseph Estrada...
...They were joined by former presidents, Corazon Aquino, who led the 1986 “people power” revolt that toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and Joseph Estrada, whose six-year term was cut short when he was ousted...
...Ferdinand Marcos, the corrupt dictator, never faced justice at home for his crimes. His widow, Imelda, and his children are now respected socialites and politicians....
...It helped hasten the downfall of Ferdinand Marcos, the late dictator, in 1986 and former President Joseph Estrada in 2001....
...Imelda Marcos, widow of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has yet to be held to account for her role in his corrupt, 21-year reign, and is now a politician in her own right....
...Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and Joseph Estrada in 2001 ? have not yet participated in protests against Mrs Macapagal, partly because the economy has been buoyant....
...Corazon Aquino, who succeeded her murdered husband to lead opposition against Marcos, claims election victory although Marcos is officially named the winner....
...The hope was for a non-violent, popular revolt that would force Mrs Arroyo to resign as Joseph Estrada, her predecessor, did in 2001....
...The peaceful demonstrations eventually forced Mr Marcos to flee....
...The former president, who played an important role in ousting dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and president Joseph Estrada in 2001, said recent developments had made it impossible for Mrs Macapagal to...
...The US supported the first “people power” revolt against the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and took a neutral stand when another army-backed popular uprising oustedformer president Joseph Estrada...
...between 25,000 and 35,000 protesters had amassed at an intersection in the Makati business district, the same rallying point used by protesters in the mid-1980s who succeeded in ousting dictator Ferdinand Marcos...
...then Joseph Estrada as president in 2001....
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