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Mar 21, 2017 · Speech before the joint session of the United States Congress - Sept. 18, 1986. Corazon Aquino. September 18, 1986— Washington, DC. Print friendly. Video. 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 ...
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.
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 ...
May 30, 2023 · Corazon Aquino gave a speech to the U.S. Congress about her experience opposing the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. She discussed how her husband Ninoy's assassination sparked the revolution against Marcos and led to her becoming president.
The ultimate result was the election of Mrs. Corazon Aquino as President, and Mr. Salvador Laurel as Vice President of the Philippines. When a subservient Parliament announced my opponent’s victory, the people then turned out in the streets, and proclaimed me the President of all the people.
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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.
Corazon Aquino went from being an ordinary law school student to being the Philippines’ first female president. She was able to lead a successful and peaceful movement with the support of People’s Power Revolution leading her to be TIME Magazine’s second female to receive the title of Person of the Year in 1986.
Read President Corazon Aquino's speech on non-violence as a key to achieving peace in the Philippines.
Corazon Aquino gave a speech to the US Congress in 1986 seeking financial assistance for the Philippines. She discussed the struggles her family faced under Ferdinand Marcos's regime, including her husband Ninoy Aquino being imprisoned for 8 years.
