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  1. Cory Aquino gave a speech to the US Congress declaring the freedom of the Filipino people from the Marcos regime and marking a new beginning for the Philippines. She discussed her family background and late husband Ninoy Aquino, who was assassinated for resisting the dictatorship.

  2. Mar 21, 2017 · Speeches. Mr. Speaker, Senator Thurmond, Distinguished members of Congress. Three years ago I left America in grief, to bury my husband, Ninoy Aquino. I thought I had left it also, to lay to rest his restless dream of Philippine freedom. Today, I have returned as the President of a free people.

  3. The speech of the former President Corazon Aquino gives us the insights on how Filipinos struggled to attain freedom and between the insisted resistance from the past have inspired Filipino revolutionaries in our current era.

  4. Corazon Aquinos speech became a great tool for the Philippines to recover, economically, after the dictatorship of Marcos. The speech is indeed very helpful in understanding the grand narrative of Philippine history, especially today that fake news and one- sided stories are just available online.

  5. I was witness to an extraordinary manifestation of democracy on the part of the Filipino people. The ultimate result was the election of Mrs. Corazon Aquino as President, and Mr. Salvador Laurel as Vice President of the Philippines.

  6. 1) The document provides a critical analysis of a speech given by Corazon Aquino before the U.S. Congress. 2) The speech focused on restoring democracy in the Philippines after the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, and honored Aquino's late husband Benigno who opposed Marcos.

  7. Jan 25, 2018 · When former President Corazon Aquino spoke before a joint session of the United States Congress in September of 1986, the dust was only beginning to settle. It was her first visit to America since the dictator Ferdinand Marcos had been deposed in February of the same year, and the Philippines was reckoning with everything his administration had ...