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Aquino's Philippines: The Center Holds

By Sandra Burton
America and the World 1986
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Tells how Aquino plucked victory from defeat with the help of the military, how she broke with the military, how she is dealing with the communists, and the flagging economy. Threatened from both left and right, she must build up the centre.

Sandra Burton covered the Philippines for Time magazine from 1982 to 1986, and is currently Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Copyright © 1987 by Sandra Burton.

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