Tonyo Cruz · August, 2009

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Philippines: People mourn death of Corazon Aquino

  3 August 2009

The Philippines is in a state of national mourning after Corazon Aquino, who became a global democracy icon after leading the fight to topple the Marcos dictatorship, died last weekend from cardiorespiratory arrest. Aquino was the first woman president of the Philippines and the first female head of state in Asia.