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A tequila factory in Jalisco, Mexico, the hub of the world’s tequila production. Gabriel Trujillo/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

Filipino sailors dock in Mexico … and help invent tequila?

Crew aboard Spanish trading ships departing from Manila may have introduced techniques for distilling coconut sap – helping to shape what would become Mexico’s national spirit.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the late dictator, gestures as he greets the crowd during a campaign rally in Quezon City, Philippines, in April 2022. He won the May election. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

With Marcos Jr.’s election, Filipinos need to brace for a bleak future

Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s references to a Golden Age in the Philippines invites a nostalgic look at the past. But it also warns of a darker future in keeping with how his father ran the country.

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