'All of us Filipinos have to make sacrifices'

CORY AQUINO was borne to Malacañang on the wings of People Power. The widow of assassinated senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr., she became the symbol of the country’s suffering under the iron rule of Ferdinand Marcos. The Aquino presidency re-established democratic institutions, but was marred by several attempts by military rebels to launch a coup d’etat. Today Cory Aquino is in political retirement, but continues to speak out on matters she feels strongly about.

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