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    Corazon Aquino gave a speech to the US Congress shortly after becoming President of the Philippines following the 1986 People Power Revolution, emphasizing her new government's commitment to democracy and calling for continued US support.

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    Corazon Aquino Speech before the US  The very first and solid proof of

    Congress struggle of the Filipinos for


     One of the most prominent figure of independence
    the 1986 People Power  It served as a culmination of our
     Wife of the assassinated opposition existence as a nation
    figurehead during the Martial Law  It marked the beginning where the
    era Filipinos had constitutional rights
     11th President and the 1st female
    President in Southeast Asia Context Analysis
     Named as “Woman of the Year” in  Cory delivered her speech before the
    1986 and one of the 20 Most US Congress on September 18,
    Influential Asians of the 20th Century 1986. Barely 7 months after being
    in 1999 by Time Magazine sworn into office under a
     Has held no other elective officer revolutionary government brought
    prior to Presidency about by the 1986 EDSA Revolution
     At that time,Cory’s presidency was
    Content Analysis standing on a unstable ground
     The speech started with the narrative o Economic situation was in
    of Ninoy’s assassination on August shamble
    21, 1986 o Massive unemployment and
     Before Ninoy’s assassination, there poverty
    were series of events tracing back o Military’s loyalty to the new
    when Marcos declared Martial Law administration is still in
    on September 21, 1972 and practiced question; a coup attempt
    dictatorial powers sparked 5 months after
     Re-establishment the Communist o The communist insurgency is
    Party of the Philippines in 1968; gripping the country side
    New Peoples’s Army increased to o The newly established
    more than 20,000 men by the 80’s. government needs all foreign
    allies
    Relevance  The cessationist movement in the
     Most significant achievement of south by the Muslims were
    Aguinaldo’s dictatorial government considered as a threat by Marcos
     The Philippines was proclaimed  Marcos crushed the institution of
    independent after decades of being a democracy enshrined in the
    colony constitution, dissolving the
     The Philippines earned its own Congress, curtailing freedom of the
    identity press, concocting rebellion cases and
     The document affirmed the criminal acts to those who fought
    following: against the dictatorship as evidenced
    o Atrocities of the Spaniards. by Ninoy’s military trial
    o Struggles of the Filipinos for  Ninoy’s challenged the military
    independence. commission through hunger strike;
    o Dictatorial government under his health detoriated which led to this
    Aguinaldo. medical exile in Boston, MA
     Ninoy’s eventually declared to go Relevance
    back to the Philippines which led to  The document significantly
    his assassination contributed to the development of
     Rolando Galman, the alleged diplomatic history of the country in
    assassin, was gunned down by general and in the US-Philippine
    Aviation Security personnel relations in particular
     Another passenger named Rebecca  Cory’s historic speech strengthened
    Quijano testified that she was a man political, economic and social ties
    in Military uniform right behind between the two nations
    Ninoy shooting him at the back of  The US Congress granted the
    his head; a post-mortem analysis Philippines an initial $200 million as
    indeed showed that Ninoy was shot emergency aid to help build the
    from the back at close range economy
     Approximately 2M Filipinos set  The US also reiterated its long time
    aside their passivity and fear of the commitment to defend the security
    oppressive regime during his funeral of the Philippines via Mutual
    that lasted for 11 hours Defense Agreement
     Ninoy’s death awakened the people’s  With the present administrator’s
    desire for democracy foreign policy shift towards the US,
    the speech may be a document that
    could be included in the discourse on
    Phil-US relations

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    Leader: Sanchez, Elmarie
    Members:
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    Mariano, Christian Louie
    Pagador, Anbert Ejie
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