The former strongman leader has been charged with crimes against humanity in relation to a bloody ‘war on drugs.’
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Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos is playing a delicate game of great power relations between Beijing and Washington.
Newly elected Philippines president Bongbong Marcos faces huge challenges, and a backdrop of his father’s dictatorship.
Bongbong Marcos is the projected winner of the Philippines election. That the son of a brutal dictator has won shows how wedded the country is to dynastic politics – and image manipulation.
The 2022 Philippines presidential election could be a battle between, or an alliance of, two controversial political dynasties.
The government’s decision to bury Ferdinand Marcos in the national Cemetery for Heroes illustrates the contested nature of the dictator’s legacy.
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