Thirty Years Later . . .: Catching Up with the Marcos-Era Crimes - Softcover

Garcia, Myles A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578175606 ISBN 13: 9780578175607

Publisher: MAG Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Until they were expelled from power thirty years ago in early 1986, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos (she, the Shoe Queen) jointly ruled the Philippines with impunity as “Conjugal Dictators” for 20+ years. They were an efficient cash-and-carry team—while he raided the national till, she shopped ‘til she dropped. In the words of a US congressman investigating them, “Compared to (Imelda), Marie Antoinette was a bag lady,” . . . while Ferdinand made master embezzler Bernie Madoff look like a rank amateur. With the passing of thirty years, this book becomes a full accounting of the rapacious and avaricious rule the pair enjoyed—how they hoodwinked an unsuspecting people, and the truth behind many of the dirty tricks they employed revealed at last. The present is an opportune time to take stock, especially as their only son and heir, Ferdinand, Jr., and others of his ilk, launch a comeback attempt for national office in this year’s Philippine elections.

Edition details

• Publisher: MAG Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0578175606
• ISBN 13: 9780578175607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204