Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  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. One of Corazon Aquino's goals in her speech to the United States Congress in September 1986 was to request and persuade them to offer urgent financial aid to the Philippines in order to assist the country's economy recover.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  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. 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.

  7. Research the speech of late President Corazon C. Aquino before the joint session of the United States Congress on September 18, 1986. Make a textual analysis of her speech following the format below: a.