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This Happened

This Happened - February 22: People Power In The Philippines

The People Power Revolution in the Philippines started on this day in 1986.


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What was the People Power Revolution?

The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution, was a series of popular protests and civil disobedience that occurred in the Philippines in 1986. The revolution was sparked by widespread opposition to the authoritarian government of President Ferdinand Marcos.

What caused the People Power Revolution?

The causes of the People Power Revolution included widespread poverty, corruption, and human rights abuses under the Marcos regime, as well as a lack of political freedom and democratic institutions. Additionally, the assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. in 1983 further galvanized public opposition to the government.

What was the outcome of the People Power Revolution?

The outcome of the People Power Revolution was the ousting of President Marcos and the installation of Corazon Aquino, widow of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., as the new President of the Philippines. The revolution also resulted in the restoration of democratic institutions and the release of political prisoners. But it also led to an economic crisis and ongoing political instability. The Philippines is now considered as a democratic country but it is still facing some challenges like poverty, corruption, and human rights issues.

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Migrant Lives

Latin America's Migrants Trying To Reach The U.S.: Risk It All, Fail, Repeat

Searching for a safe home, many Latin American migrants are forced to try, time after time, getting turned away, and then risk everything again.

Photograph of thousands of migrants marching  to the US-Mexican border under the rain.

06 June 2022, Mexico, Tapachula: Thousands of migrants set off north on foot under the rain.

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Alejandra Pataro

BUENOS AIRES — With gangsters breathing down his neck, Maynor sold all of his possessions in Honduras, took his wife and three kids aged 11, 8 and 5, and set out northwards. He was leaving home for good, for the third time.

"I had to leave my country several times," he said, "but was deported." He was now trying to enter the U.S. again, but the family had become stuck in Mexico: "Things are really, really bad for us right now."

Migration in Latin America is no longer a linear process, taking migrants from one place to another. It goes in several directions. Certain routes will take you to one country as a stopover to another, but really, it's more a lengthy ordeal than a layover, and the winners are those who can find that receptive, welcoming community offering work and a better life.

The aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls this an international, multidirectional phenomenon that may include recurring trips to and from a home country.

Marisol Quiceno, MSF's Advocacy chief for Latin America, told Clarín that migrants "are constantly looking for opportunities and for food security, dignified work opportunities (and) healthcare access." These are the "minimum basics of survival," she said, adding that people will keep looking if they did not find them the first time around.

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